Experimental Demonstration of a Quantum-Optimal Coronagraph Using Spatial Mode Sorters

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.12776v2
• Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:56:07 GMT
• Title: Experimental Demonstration of a Quantum-Optimal Coronagraph Using Spatial Mode Sorters
• Authors: Nico Deshler, Itay Ozer, Amit Ashok, Saikat Guha,
• Abstract summary: We present an experimental demonstration of an ideal direct imaging coronagraph design capable of achieving the quantum limits of exoplanet detection and localization by using spatial mode filtering. The ability to resolve faint companions of a host star at sub-diffraction scale is crucial to further the discovery of exoplanets predicted to reside in the sub-diffraction regime.
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• Abstract: We present an experimental demonstration of an ideal direct imaging coronagraph design capable of achieving the quantum limits of exoplanet detection and localization by using spatial mode filtering. Our benchtop experimental implementation performs a forward and inverse pass through a free-space programmable spatial mode sorter configured to isolate photons in a point spread function (PSF)-adapted mode basis. During the forward pass, the fundamental mode is rejected, effectively eliminating light from an on-axis point-like star. On the inverse pass, the remaining modes are coherently recombined, enabling direct imaging of a faint companion. Our experimental system is able to localize an artificial exoplanet at sub-diffraction distances from its host star with a 1000:1 star-planet contrast ratio. The ability to resolve faint companions of a host star at sub-diffraction scale is crucial to further the discovery of exoplanets predicted to reside in the sub-diffraction regime. These exoplanets are currently beyond the reach of state-of-the-art coronagraphs, which typically have an inner working angle (IWA) larger than the diffraction scale. Furthermore, our coronagraph architecture is potentially capable of measuring higher-fidelity spectrographs of exoplanets using spatial-spectral mode demultiplexing.

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