Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Oct 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004spie.5490..516l&link_type=abstract
Advancements in Adaptive Optics. Edited by Domenico B. Calia, Brent L. Ellerbroek, and Roberto Ragazzoni. Proceedings of the SPI
Physics
Optics
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Scientific paper
Direct detection and characterization of terrestrial extrasolar planets are now a high-priority scientific program where new major results from extremely large telescopes (ELTs) are expected. This application is also the most demanding for the adaptive optics (AO) and the mirror segment cophasing. To optimize the fundamental performances of an ELT in high-contrast imaging, we compare the effects of segment cophasing errors with the effects of each AO residual phase errors (wavefront sensor noise, fitting, aliasing, servo-lag) on the long-exposure point-spread function halo. We emphasize that an adaptive correction of the differential segment piston at a nanometric level is needed to keep the contrast gain provided by a high-order AO. We show the potential advantages of an adaptive primary mirror for this purpose. Lastly, we present the planet detection performances in the photon-noise-limited case for different telescopes, AO parameters, and observational conditions (star magnitudes and sites).
Carbillet Marcel
Lardière Olivier
Riccardi Armando
Salinari Piero
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