BAUDOZ , Pierre

Exoplanets imaging requires very high angular resolution that will be reached with the forthcoming generation of extremely large telescopes. In order to achieve the high performance required for the astronomical science programs, the errors due to segment misalignment must be reduced to tens of nm. Therefore the development of new co-phasing...

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Direct imaging is the primary technique currently used to detect young and warm exoplanets and understand their formation scenarios. The extreme flux r atio b etween a n e xoplanet a nd i ts h ost s tar r equires t he u se of coronagraphs to attenuate the starlight and create high contrast images. However, their performance is limited by...

Direct imaging of exoplanets is very attractive but challenging and specific instruments like Sphere (VLT) or GPI (Gemini) are required to provide contrasts up to 16-17 magnitudes at a fraction of arcsec. To reach higher contrasts and detect fainter exoplanets, more-achromatic coronagraphs and a more-accurate wavefront control are needed. We...

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