MAI2 nulling breadboard based on integrated optics: test results

Marc Barillot; Pierre Haguenauer; V. Weber; Pierre Kern; Isabelle Schanen-Duport; Pierre Labeye; Laurence Pujol; Zoran Sodnik

doi:10.1117/12.2500096

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13 April 2018 MAI² nulling breadboard based on integrated optics: test results

Marc Barillot, Pierre Haguenauer, V. Weber, Pierre Kern, Isabelle Schanen-Duport, Pierre Labeye, Laurence Pujol, Zoran Sodnik

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Proceedings Volume 10568, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2004; 1056821 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500096
Event: International Conference on Space Optics 2004, 2004, Toulouse, France

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In the framework of the preparation of the Darwin mission, Alcatel Space has been developing a Multi- Aperture Imaging Interferometer (MAI²) for ESA. The main purpose of this activity is to achieve a deep extinction rate, or "nulling", in the laboratory. The performance goal is a 106 nulling of a simulated star. A second objective is to image a planet-like source. The selected operating wavelength is centred around 1.55 microns, with a relative bandwidth of a few percent. The selected function conceptual designs can be updated to the Darwin spectral range (6-18μm).

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Marc Barillot, Pierre Haguenauer, V. Weber, Pierre Kern, Isabelle Schanen-Duport, Pierre Labeye, Laurence Pujol, and Zoran Sodnik "MAI² nulling breadboard based on integrated optics: test results", Proc. SPIE 10568, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2004, 1056821 (13 April 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500096

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