Common-path achromatic interferometer-coronagraph: nulling of polychromatic light.
A three-dimensional common-path interferometer is proposed, which can achromatically null out an on-axis source while it maintains the detectability of an off-axis source. A geometric phase in the three-dimensional interferometer introduces an achromatic pi-phase shift to the light from the on-axis source, such that destructive interference nulls out the axial light at one of the ports of the interferometer. Light from the off-axis source, which is exempt from the pi-phase shift, comes out from both ports with equal intensity. The common-path scheme makes the system highly immune to environmental disturbances.
Tavrov
Alexander V
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Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Nakamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan. tavrov@cc.tuat.ac.jp
Kobayashi
Yosuke
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Tanaka
Yosuke
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Shioda
Tatsutoshi
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Otani
Yukitoshi
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Kurokawa
Takashi
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Takeda
Mitsuo
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