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See detailAn in-line shearography setup based on circular polarization gratings
Blain, Pascal ULg; Piron, Pierre ULg; Renotte, Yvon ULg et al

in Optics & Lasers in Engineering (2013)

The shearing amount defines the resolution of a speckle shearing interferometer and the shearing direction defines the sensitivity direction of the setup. The properties of circular (cycloid) holographic ... [more ▼]

The shearing amount defines the resolution of a speckle shearing interferometer and the shearing direction defines the sensitivity direction of the setup. The properties of circular (cycloid) holographic polarization gratings recorded in liquid crystal polymers can be used to build a new multi-shearing direction and amount shearography setup. The polarization states of the diffracted beams offer an easy way to produce phase shifts and thus to compute the phase contained in the shearograms. The theoretical bases of such a device are highlighted and an original compact and full in-line setup is proposed. First experimental results of delamination detection and flaw detection by shearography are presented. A discussion on the importance of the grating recording and the polarization orientation points out the best working requirements. [less ▲]

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See detailPolarization Holography with liquid crystals polymers and applications
Piron, Pierre ULg; Blain, Pascal ULg; Habraken, Serge ULg et al

Conference (2012, December 10)

Liquid Crystals Polymers are birefringent molecules locally orientable. By recording the polarization pattern due to the overlap of differently polarized beams on LCP, space-variant retarders are realized ... [more ▼]

Liquid Crystals Polymers are birefringent molecules locally orientable. By recording the polarization pattern due to the overlap of differently polarized beams on LCP, space-variant retarders are realized. We present two applications polarization holography and coronagraphy [less ▲]

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See detailPolarization Holography with liquid crystals polymers and applications
Piron, Pierre ULg; Blain, Pascal ULg; Habraken, Serge ULg et al

in International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics (2012, December)

Liquid Crystals Polymers are birefringent molecules locally orientable. By recording the polarization pattern due to the overlap of differently polarized beams on LCP, space-variant retarders are realized ... [more ▼]

Liquid Crystals Polymers are birefringent molecules locally orientable. By recording the polarization pattern due to the overlap of differently polarized beams on LCP, space-variant retarders are realized. We present two applications polarization holography and coronagraphy. [less ▲]

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See detailDéphaseurs en polymères à cristaux liquides pour la coronographie
Piron, Pierre ULg

Scientific conference (2012, May 22)

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See detailPhase retarders in liquid crystals polymers
Piron, Pierre ULg

Scientific conference (2012, March 12)

Liquid crystals polymers posses birefringent properties and they are locally orientable, they allow the realization of space variant optical retarders which creates non uniformly polarized beam. To ... [more ▼]

Liquid crystals polymers posses birefringent properties and they are locally orientable, they allow the realization of space variant optical retarders which creates non uniformly polarized beam. To realize a retarder, liquid crystals are exposed to a UV linearly polarized beam, the optical axis of the retarder will be parallel to the incident polarization. We shall present an innovative way to produce space-variant retarders without mechanical interaction polarization holography . Superposing several beams differently polarized, results in a non-uniformly polarized recording beam used to realize space variant retarders. We shall also present our research retarders for two applications based on this method polarization analysis and coronagraphy. [less ▲]

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See detailTaking the vector vortex coronagraph to the next level for ground- and space-based exoplanet imaging instruments: review of technology developments in the USA, Japan, and Europe
Mawet, Dimitri; Murakami, Naoshi; Delacroix, Christian ULg et al

in Shaklan, Stuart (Ed.) Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets V. (2011, September 01)

The Vector Vortex Coronagraph (VVC) is one of the most attractive new-generation coronagraphs for ground- and space-based exoplanet imaging/characterization instruments, as recently demonstrated on sky at ... [more ▼]

The Vector Vortex Coronagraph (VVC) is one of the most attractive new-generation coronagraphs for ground- and space-based exoplanet imaging/characterization instruments, as recently demonstrated on sky at Palomar and in the laboratory at JPL, and Hokkaido University. Manufacturing technologies for devices covering wavelength ranges from the optical to the mid-infrared, have been maturing quickly. We will review the current status of technology developments supported by NASA in the USA (Jet Propulsion Laboratory-California Institute of Technology, University of Arizona, JDSU and BEAMCo), Europe (University of Li`ege, Observatoire de Paris- Meudon, University of Uppsala) and Japan (Hokkaido University, and Photonics Lattice Inc.), using liquid crystal polymers, subwavelength gratings, and photonics crystals, respectively. We will then browse concrete perspectives for the use of the VVC on upcoming ground-based facilities with or without (extreme) adaptive optics, extremely large ground-based telescopes, and space-based internal coronagraphs. [less ▲]

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See detailPolarization measurement with space-variant retarders in liquid crystal polymers
Piron, Pierre ULg; Blain, Pascal ULg; Habraken, Serge ULg

in SPIE proceedings 8160, SPIE Optics +Photonics 2011 San Diego (2011)

We present a real-time polarization measurement method with a space-variant phase retarder in liquid crystal polymers. This retarder presents a continuous and periodical variation of its optical axis ... [more ▼]

We present a real-time polarization measurement method with a space-variant phase retarder in liquid crystal polymers. This retarder presents a continuous and periodical variation of its optical axis orientation. The method computes the Stokes parameters of an incident beam by studying the intensity distribution after the retarder and a linear polarizer. This paper contains the mathematical modelization, the numerical simulation, the description of the experimental setup, the results for several completely polarized beams and the future developments of this method. [less ▲]

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See detailSimulations of coronagraphy with a dynamic hologram for the direct detection of exo-planets
Ricci, Davide ULg; Le Coroller, Hervé; Labeyrie, Antoine et al

in Oschmann, J, Clampin, M. (Ed.) Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave (2010)

In a previous paper, we discussed an original solution to improve the performances of coronagraphs by adding, in the optical scheme, an adaptive hologram removing most of the residual speckle starlight ... [more ▼]

In a previous paper, we discussed an original solution to improve the performances of coronagraphs by adding, in the optical scheme, an adaptive hologram removing most of the residual speckle starlight. In our simulations, the detection limit in the flux ratio between a host star and a very near planet (5λ/D) improves over a factor 1 000 (resp. 10 000) when equipped with a hologram for cases of wavefront bumpiness imperfections of λ/20 (resp. λ/100). We derive, in this paper, the transmission accuracy required on the hologram pixels to achieve such goals. We show that preliminary tests could be performed on the basis of existing technologies. [less ▲]

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See detailBanc polarimétrique de mesure de masques de phase pour la coronographie
Piron, Pierre ULg

Master's dissertation (2009)

Ce travail comprend deux parties. La première partie replace la coronographie dans son contexte historique (détection des exoplanètes) et scientifique (différentes théories physiques et leur développement ... [more ▼]

Ce travail comprend deux parties. La première partie replace la coronographie dans son contexte historique (détection des exoplanètes) et scientifique (différentes théories physiques et leur développement mathématique). Elle présente les qualités et les défauts des différents masques utilisés dans les coronographes. A l’origine, la coronographie est une technique utilisée en astronomie pour reproduire une éclipse totale de soleil. Depuis la découverte de la première exoplanète en 1995, la coronographie est en pleine (r)évolution : elle s’efforce de donner une image d’un compagnon faible qui orbite autour d’une étoile brillante. Grâce à la spectroscopie, une image peut fournir des informations inaccessibles aux autres méthodes de détection (présence d’eau, de vie, ...). La chromaticité (dépendance à la longueur d’onde de travail) est le défaut le plus gênant pour un masque coronographique ; les chercheurs rivalisent donc d’ingéniosité pour améliorer sans cesse les performances et repousser toujours plus loin les limites instrumentales. Dans les années 2000, les masque de phase apparaissent : ils produisent un déphasage soit par différence de chemin optique (masques chromatiques : DPM, 4QPM) soit par opposition de phase entre les composantes électrique et magnétique de la lumière (masques achromatiques : 4QAPS, 4ZOG, AGPM). L’interférence destructive due au déphasage provoque l’atténuation totale ou partielle d’une source lumineuse centrée (une étoile). Par contre, la lumière d’une source décentrée (une étoile faible voisine, une planète qui orbite autour de l’étoile) n’est pas ou peu atténuée. Ce principe explique le rôle joué par la coronographie dans la détection des exoplanètes. Grâce à leur biréfringence de forme, les réseaux sublambda de type ZOG créent une différence de phase entre les composantes électrique et magnétique de la lumière. Le masque de phase à quatre quadrants 4ZOG est formé de quatre ZOGs orientés pour créer une opposition de phase entre deux quadrants adjacents. L’Annular Groove Phase Mask (AGPM) est un réseau ZOG "space-variant" qui génère un vortex optique avec une interférence destructive au centre. L’optimisation de la configuration spatiale d’un ZOG (pas du réseau, profondeur de gravure, facteur de remplissage, ...) améliore ses performances optiques mais une erreur sur le déphasage est toujours possible. Elle est due au manque de précision lors de la fabrication par lithographie. Le défi actuel à relever est de trouver une technologie de fabrication plus fiable : les Liquid Crystal Polymers semblent prometteurs. La deuxième partie est plus pratique : elle présente le banc de mesure mis au point à l’Hololab de la Faculté des Sciences de l’Université de Liège. Il est prévu pour travailler dans les bandes infrarouges H et K qui sont couramment utilisées en astronomie, notamment pour la détection des exoplanètes. Il est destiné à mesurer le déphasage produit par les retardateurs de phase (phase shifters), entre autres, les masques de phase utilisés en coronographie : des plus simples (lames quart d’onde, lames demi-ondes) aux plus sophistiqués (masques de phase de type ZOG) en passant par les rhomboèdres de Fresnel (réflection totale interne). Cette partie décrit les différents composants et leur mise au point initiale, le principe polarimétrique de son fonctionnement, le programme LabVIEW qui commande les polariseurs mobiles et la prise de mesure par le détecteur, les modules MATLAB qui traitent les données, les limites actuelles à son fonctionnement (vitesse de fonctonnement, précision des mesures, stabilité des mesures, ...) Un chapitre présente les résultats expérimentaux obtenus pour quelques échantillons testés : une lame quart d’onde avec le laser à 1.55 m, la même lame avec le laser à 2.3 m, un rhomboèdre de Fresnel avec le laser à 1.55 m. [less ▲]

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See detailCoronography with a dynamic hologram
Ricci, Davide ULg; Le Coroller, Hervé; Piron, Pierre ULg

Poster (2008, September 26)

An innovative solution to improve the performances of coronagraphs consists in adding, in the optical scheme, a dynamic hologram removing most of the residual speckle starlight. Our simulations show that ... [more ▼]

An innovative solution to improve the performances of coronagraphs consists in adding, in the optical scheme, a dynamic hologram removing most of the residual speckle starlight. Our simulations show that the detection limit in the flux ratio between a host star and a very near planet, in the case of wavefront bumpiness imperfections at lambda/20 (resp. lambda/100), improves over a factor 1000 (resp. 10000) when equipped with a hologram, allowing to direct image an exo-Earth at a distance of 11 parsec with a 6.5m space telescope. [less ▲]

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