Objectives

In the context of exoplanet imaging with current/future ground/space-based telescopes, we developed the THD2 bench for testing high contrast imaging solutions in visible/near-infrared at 10^-9-10^-8 contrast levels :

• Coronagraph component characterization
• Pupil apodizer characterization
• Focal plane wavefront sensor comparison
• Dark Hole control algorithm comparison
• Post-processing for speckle minimization