Image-plane fringe tracker for adaptive-optics assisted long baseline interferometry

Michael J. Ireland, Denis Defrère, Frantz Martinache, John D. Monnier, Barnaby Norris, Peter Tuthill, Julien Woillez

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    Abstract

    Accurate fringe tracking is essential for sensitive long-wavelength thermal background limited operation of the current Very Large Telescope Interferometry (VLTI) and future Planet Formation Imager (PFI) facilities. We present and simulate a dual fringe tracking and low-order adaptive optics concept based on a combination of non-redundant aperture interferometry and eigenphase in asymmetric pupil wavefront sensing. This scheme can acquire fringes at many wavelengths of path length offset between telescopes, even with moderate tilt offset and pupil shifts between beams. Once locked to fringes, our technique can also be used for simultaneous low-order wavefront sensing, and has near-optimum sensitivity where there is a dominant point-source image component. This concept is part of the Heimdallr visitor instrument currently being investigated for VLTI.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationOptical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI
    EditorsPeter G. Tuthill, Michelle J. Creech-Eakman, Antoine Merand
    PublisherSPIE
    ISBN (Print)9781510619555
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    Event2018 Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI - Austin, United States
    Duration: 11 Jun 201815 Jun 2018

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume10701
    ISSN (Print)0277-786X
    ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

    Conference

    Conference2018 Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityAustin
    Period11/06/1815/06/18

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