Imaging Interferometry using Interferometric remapped array nulling

Luy Abe (1) , Eric Aristidi (1) , Farrokh Vakili (1) , Armando Domiciano de Souza (2, 1) , Bruno Lopez (3, 1)

1 FIZEAU - Laboratoire Hippolyte Fizeau
2 LAGRANGE - Joseph Louis LAGRANGE
3 Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur

We present a beam combining technique capable of direct instantaneous imaging. The particularity is that the image (or PSID, point source intensity distribution) is formed in a pupil plane. We present the concept on a theoretical basis, comment on the PSID for on- and off-axis sources and finally compare it to Fizeau imaging. Future experiments and reflections about this concept are finally considered.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Luy Abe, Eric Aristidi, Farrokh Vakili, Armando Domiciano de Souza, Bruno Lopez. Imaging Interferometry using Interferometric remapped array nulling. Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging II, Jun 2004, Nice, France, October 6-10, 2003, France. pp.275-280, ⟨10.1051/eas:2004040⟩. ⟨hal-00416882⟩