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Coronography Bibliography

Coronagraphic Imaging Papers

This is not intended to be an exclusive list, and includes mainly papers in the refereed literature.

Astrophysical Results with Stellar Coronagraphy

A companion to AB Pic at the planet/brown dwarf boundary

G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange, B. Zuckerman, et al.

Astron. Astrophys. 438, L29-L32 (2005).

Astrometric and spectroscopic confirmation of a brown dwarf companion to GSC 08047-00232. VLT/NACO deep imaging and spectroscopic observations

G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange, F. Lacombe, et al.

Astron. Astrophys. 430, 1027-1033 (2005).

A giant planet candidate near a young brown dwarf. Direct VLT/NACO observations using IR wavefront sensing

G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange, C. Dumas, et al.

Astron. Astrophys. 425, L29-L32 (2005).

Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys Coronagraphic Imaging of the AU Microscopii Debris Disk

J.E. Krist, D.R. Ardila, D.A. Golimowski, et al.

Astron. J. 129, 1008-1017 (2005).

A Resolved Debris Disk around the G2 V Star HD 107146

D.R. Ardila, D.A. Golimowski, J.E. Krist, et al.

Astrophys. J. 617, L147-L150 (2004).

Hubble Space Telescope ACS Coronagraphic Imaging of the Circumstellar Disk around HD 141569A

M. Clampin, J.E. Krist, D.R. Ardila, et al.

Astron. J. 126, 385-392 (2003).

Coronagraphic Imaging of 3C 273 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys

A.R. Martel, H.C. Ford, H.D. Tran, et al.

Astron. J. 125, 2964-2974 (2003).

Coronagraphic Imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph

C.A. Grady, C.R. Proffitt, E. Malumuth, B.E. Woodgate, T.R. Gull, C.W. Bowers, S.R. Heap, R.A. Kimble, D. Lindler, P. Plait, and A. Weinberger

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac. 115, 1036-1049 (2003).

A search for exozodiacal dust and faint companions around Sirius, Procyon, andAltair with the NICMOS coronagraph

M.J. Kuchner and M.E. Brown

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac. 112, 827 (2000).

Searching for faint companions to nearby stars with the Hubble Space Telescope

D.J. Schroeder, D.A. Golimowski

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac. 108, 510-519 (1996).

Discovery of a cool Brown Dwarf

T. Nakajima, B.R. Oppenheimer, S.R. Kulkarni, D.A. Golimowski, K. Matthews, S.T. Durrance.

Nature 378, 463 (1995).

A coronagraphic search for Brown Dwarfs around nearby stars

T. Nakajima, S.T. Durrance, D.A. Golimowski, and S.R. Kulkarni

Astrophys. J. 428, 797 (1994).

Theoretical Limitations of Coronagraphy

Lyot Coronagraphy on Giant Segmented-Mirror Telescopes

A. Sivaramakrishnan, N. Yaitskova

Astrophys. J., 626, L65-L68 (2005).

Limits of Adaptive Optics for High-Contrast Imaging

O. Guyon

Astrophys. J., 629, 592-614 (2005).

Imaging Faint Sources within a Speckle Halo with Synchronous Interferometric Speckle Subtraction

O. Guyon

Astrophys. J., 615, 562-572 (2004).

Remnant Speckles in a Highly Corrected Coronagraph

E.E. Bloemhof

Astrophys. J., 610, L69-L72 (2004).

The Usefulness and Limits of Coronagraphy in the Presence of Pinned Speckles

C. Aime and R. Soummer

Astrophys. J., 612, L85-L88 (2004).

Suppression of Speckle Noise by Speckle Pinning in Adaptive Optics

E.E. Bloemhof

Astrophys. J., 582, L59-L62 (2003).

Speckle Symmetry with High-Contrast Coronagraphs

A. Boccaletti, P. Riaud, D. Rouan

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac., 114, 132-136 (2002).

Speckle decorrelation and dynamic range in speckle noise-limited imaging

A. Sivaramakrishnan, J.P. Lloyd, P.E. Hodge, B.A. Macintosh

Astrophys. J., 581, L59-L62 (2002).

Imaging spectroscopy for extrasolar planet detection

W.B. Sparks, H.C. Ford

Astrophys. J.,578, 543-564 (2002).

Ground-based coronagraphy with high-order adaptive optics

A. Sivaramakrishnan, C.D. Koresko, R.B. Makidon, T. Berkefeld, and M.J. Kuchner

Astrophys. J.

,

552

, 397 (2001).

High angular resolution coronography for adaptive optics

F. Malbet

Astron. Astrophys.

115

, 161 (1996).

High dynamic range imaging using a deformable mirror for space coronagraphy

F. Malbet, J.W. Yu, and M. Shao

Proc. Astron. Soc. Pac.

107

, 386 (1995)

Optimization and Performance of Adaptive Optics for Imaging Extrasolar Planets

S.M. Stahl and D.G. Sandler

Astrophys. J.

454

, L153-L157 (1995).

Ground-based imaging of extrasolar planets using adaptive optics

J.R.P. Angel

Nature

368

, 203 (1994).

On the feasibility of detecting extrasolar planets by reflected starlight using the Hubble Space Telescope

R.A. Brown, C.J. Burrows

Icarus

87

, 484-497 (1990)

Simplified solution of diffraction from a Lyot system

Y.J. Wang and A.H. Vaughan

Appl. Opt.

27

, 27-29 (1988).

Methods of detecting extra-solar planets 1. Imaging

C.E. KenKnight

Icarus

30

, 422-433 (1977).

The study of the solar corona and prominences without eclipses

Bernard Lyot

Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.

99

, 580 (1939).

?tude de la couronne solaire en dehors des ?clipses

B. Lyot

Zeitschrift f?r Astrophysik

5

, 73 (1932).

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Adaptive Optics Instrument Papers

A stellar coronograph for the COME-ON-PLUS adaptive optics system .1. Description and performance

J.L. Beuzit, D. Mouillet, A.M. Lagrange, J. Paufique

Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.

125

, 175-182 (1997)

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Papers on Stops and Image Masks

Eighth-Order Image Masks for Terrestrial Planet Finding

M.J. Kuchner, J. Crepp, and J. Ge

Astrophys. J.

628

466-473 (2005).

Using Notch-Filter Masks for High-Contrast Imaging of Extrasolar Planets

J.H. Debes, J. Ge, M.J. Kuchner, and M. Rogosky

Astrophys. J.

608

1095-1099 (2004).

Notch filter masks: practical image masks for planet-finding coronagraphs

M.J. Kuchner and D.N. Spergel

Astrophys. J.

594

617-626 (2003).

A coronagraph with a band-limited mask for finding terrestrial planets

M.J. Kuchner and W.A. Traub

Astrophys. J.

570

, 900 (2002).

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Papers on Pupil Masks

Checkerboard-Mask Coronagraphs for High-Contrast Imaging

R.J. Vanderbei, N.J. Kasdin, D.N. Spergel

Astrophys. J.

615

555-561 (2004).

Circularly Symmetric Apodization via Star-shaped Masks

R.J. Vanderbei, D.N. Spergel, J.N. Kasdin

Astrophys. J.

599

686-694 (2003).

Spiderweb Masks for High-Contrast Imaging

R.J. Vanderbei, D.N. Spergel, J.N. Kasdin

Astrophys. J.

590

593-603 (2003).

First high-contrast imaging using a Gaussian aperture pupil mask

J.H. Debes, J.A. Ge, A. Chakraborty

Astrophys. J.

572

, L165-L168 (2002).

A new pupil for detecting extra-solar planets

D.N. Spergel

Appl. Opt.

submitted (2001).

astro-ph/0101142

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Papers on Apodized Pupils

Apodized Pupil Lyot Coronagraphs for Arbitrary Telescope Apertures

R. Soummer

Astrophys. J.

618

L161-L164 (2005).

Radon approach to shaped and apodized apertures for imaging exoplanets

C. Aime

Astron. Astrophys.

434

785-794 (2005).

Principle of an Achromatic Prolate Apodized Lyot Coronagraph

C. Aime

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

117

, 1012-1019 (2005).

Calculation of optimized apodizers for a Terrestrial Planet Finder coronagraphic telescope

R. Gonsalves and P. Nisenson

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

115

, 706-711 (2003).

Extrasolar Planet Finding via Optimal Apodized and Shaped Pupil Coronagraphs

N.J. Kasdin, R.J. Vanderbei, D.N. Spergel, and M.G. Littman

Astrophys. J.

582

, 1147-1161 (2003).

Stellar coronagraphy with prolate apodized circular apertures

R. Soummer, C. Aime, and P.E. Falloon

Astron. Astrophys.

397

, 1161-1172 (2003).

Total coronagraphic extinction of rectangular apertures using linear prolate apodizations

C. Aime, R. Soummer, A. Ferrari

Astron. Astrophys.

389

, 334-344 (2002).

Interferometric apodization of rectangular apertures - Application to stellar coronagraphy

C. Aime, R. Soummer, A. Ferrari

Astron. Astrophys.

379

, 697-707 (2001).

Detection of Earth-like Planets Using Apodized Telescopes

P. Nisenson and C. Papaliolios

Astrophys. J.

548

, L201 (2001).

Direct imaging of nonsolar planets with infrared telescopes using apodized coronagraphs

S.M. Watson, J.P. Mills, S.L. Gaiser, D.J. Diner

Appl. Opt.

30

, 3253-3262 (1991).

Direct Detection Systems

, Chapter 3 in

Project Orion: A Design Study for Detecting Extrasolar Planets

NASA Publication SP-436, D.C. Black, Ed. (1980).

Apodisation

P. Jacquinot, B. Roizen-Dossier

Prog. Opt.

3

, 31-186 (1964).

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Papers on Phase Masks

Four quadrant phase mask K-band coronagraphy of NGC 1068 with NAOS-CONICA at VLT

D. Gratadour, D. Rouan, A. Boccaletti, P. Riaud, Y. Cl?net

Astron. Astrophys.

429

, 433-437 (2005).

The Four-Quadrant Phase Mask Coronagraph. IV. First Light at the Very Large Telescope

A. Boccaletti, P. Riaud, P. Baudoz, J. Baudrand, D. Rouan, D. Gratadour, F. Lacombe, A.-M. Lagrange,

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

116

, 1016-1071 (2004).

The four-quadrant phase mask coronagraph. III. Laboratory performance

P. Riaud, A. Boccaletti, J. Baudrand, and D. Rouan

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

115

, 712-719 (2003).

Achromatic dual-zone phase mask stellar coronagraph

R. Soummer, K. Dohlen and C. Aime

Astron. Astrophys.

403

, 369-381 (2003).

The Four-Quadrant Phase Mask Coronagraph. II. Simulations.

P. Riaud et al.,

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

113

, 1145 (2001)

The Four-Quadrant Phase-Mask Coronagraph. I. Principle

D. Rouan, P. Riaud, A. Boccaletti, Y. Clenet, and A. Labeyrie

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

112

, 1479-1486 (2000)

The nulling stellar coronagraph: laboratory tests and performance evaluation

O. Guyon, C. Roddier, J.E. Graves, F. Roddier, S. Cuevas, C. Espejo, S. Gonzales,A. Martinez, G. Bisiacchi, V. Vuntesmeri

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

111

, 1322-1330 (1999).

Stellar Coronagraph with Phase Mask

F. Roddier and C. Roddier

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

109

, 815-820 (1997).

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Papers on Pupil Mapping and Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization

Pupil Mapping in Two Dimensions for High-Contrast Imaging

R.J. Vanderbei and W.A. Traub

Astrophys. J.

626

1079-1090 (2005).

Laboratory Demonstration and Numerical Simulations of the Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization

R. Galicher, O. Guyon, M. Otsubo, H. Suto, S. Ridgway

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

117

, 411-420 (2005).

Exoplanet Imaging with a Phase-induced Amplitude Apodization Coronagraph. I. Principle

O. Guyon, E.A. Pluzhnik, R. Galicher, F. Martinache, S.T. Ridgway, R.A. Woodruff

Astrophys. J.

622

, 744-758 (2005).

Two-Mirror Apodization for High-Contrast Imaging

W.A. Traub and R.J. Vanderbei

Astrophys. J.

599

695-701 (2003).

Phase-induced amplitude apodization of telescope pupils for extrasolar terrestrial planet imaging

O. Guyon

Astron. Astrophys.

404

, 379-387 (2003)

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Hybrid Interferometer/Coronagraph Designs

Stellar Coronagraphy: Study and Test of a Hybrid Interfero-Coronagraph

P. Baudoz and A. Boccaletti

Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac.

117

, 1004-1011 (2005).

Limitation of the Pupil Replication Technique in the Presence of Instrumental Defects

P. Riaud, D. Mawet, and O. Absil

Astrophys. J.

628

, L81-L84 (2005).

Pupil Replication for Exoplanet Imaging

A.H. Greenaway, F. Spaan, V. Mourai

Astrophys. J.

618

, L165-L165 (2005).

Stellar coronagraphy with a redundant array of telescopes in space: The multiple mask coronagraph

C. Aime, R. Soummer, B. Lopez

Astron. Astrophys.

370

, 680-688 (2001)

On-sky Observations with an Achromatic Hybrid Phase Knife Coronagraph in the Visible

L. Abe, M. Beaulieu, F. Vakili, J. Gay, J.-P. Rivet, S. Derveaux and A. Domiciano

Astron. Astrophys.

400

, 385-392 (2003)

Phase Knife Coronagraph: II - Laboratory results

L. Abe, A. Domiciano de Souza Jr., F. Vakili, and J. Gay

Astron. Astrophys.

submitted

(2005)

The achromatic phase knife coronagraph

L. Abe, F. Vakili, and A. Boccaletti

Astron. Astrophys.

374

1161-1168 (2001)

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Nulling Coronagraphy

Achromatic interfero-coronography: II. Effective performance on the sky

P. Baudoz, Y. Rabbia, and J. Gay

Astron. Astrophys. Sup. Ser.

145

, 341-350 (2000).

Achromatic interfero-coronography: I. Formalism and theoretical capabilities for ground-based observations

P. Baudoz, Y. Rabbia, and J. Gay

Astron. Astrophys. Sup. Ser.

141

, 319-329 (2000).

Le coronographe interférentiel achromatique,

J. Gay, Y. Rabbia, P. Baudoz

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris

,

325

, Série II b, Astronomical techniques, 51-56 (1997)

Principe d'un coronographe interférentiel

J. Gay and Y. Rabbia

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris

322

, Série II b, Astronomical Techniques, 265-271 (1996).

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