Infrared laboratory tests of the 4-quadrant coronograph MIRI/JWST and VLT-PF

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The contrast between an extrasolar planet and its star is too severe to allow a direct detection without using imagery techniques at high dynamical range. One of these techniques is the use of a coronograph of the type "nulling" on a telescope presenting a not too disturbed wave front. The LESIA developed one of these coronographs, the 4-quadrant coronograph. I will present the IR cryogenic bench recently developed with the LESIA to validate the use of this coronograph in IR. On the one hand, I will have the results obtained around 4.8 microns which allow to compare various fabrication techniques and various materials for the coronographs considered for the instrument MIRI (on board JWST). In addition I will present the tests which were made in near-IR (2.2 microns) in preparation to VLT-PF. I will discuss the validity of these results compared to the specifications of VLT-PF on the sky.

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