Nulling interferometry for the DARWIN mission:: experimental demonstration of the concept in the thermal infrared with high levels of rejection

被引：2

作者：

Ollivier, M ^{[1
]}

Mariotti, JM ^{[1
]}

Sekulic, P ^{[1
]}

Michel, G ^{[1
]}

Léger, A ^{[1
]}

Bouchareine, P ^{[1
]}

Brunaud, J ^{[1
]}

du Foresto, VC ^{[1
]}

Mennesson, B ^{[1
]}

Borde, P ^{[1
]}

Amy-Klein, A ^{[1
]}

Vanlerberghe, A ^{[1
]}

Lagage, PO ^{[1
]}

Artzner, GE ^{[1
]}

Malbet, F ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] MPIA, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany

来源：

INTERFEROMETRY IN OPTICAL ASTRONOMY, PTS 1 AND 2 | 2000年 / 4006卷

关键词：

nulling interferometry; interferometry; extrasolar planets detection; instrumentation; infrared detection;

D O I：

10.1117/12.390226

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Present projects of space interferometers dedicated to the detection and analysis of extrasolar planets (DARWIN in Europe, TPF in the United States) are based on the nulling interferometry concept. This concept has been proposed by Bracewell in 1978 but has never been demonstrated with high values of rejection, in the thermal infrared range, where the planet detection should be performed (6-18 mu m). We have thus built a two-beam laboratory interferometer to validate this concept in a monochromatic case (at 10 mu m). The keypoint of our interferometer is the use of optical filtering by pinhole and optical fibers to clean the interfering beams. We present in this paper the principle of the experimental setup, its realisation, and the first measurements of rejection it allowed. We also present the future developments of this interferometer.

引用

页码：354 / 358

页数：5

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