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High-contrast imager for complex aperture telescopes (HiCAT): 11. System-level demonstration of the apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph with a segmented aperture in air
We present the final results of the Apodized Pupil Lyot Coronagraph (APLC) on the High-contrast imager for Complex Aperture Telescopes (HiCAT) testbed, under NASA's Strategic Astrophysics Technology program. The HiCAT testbed was developed over the past decade to enable a system-level demonstration of coronagraphy for exoplanet direct imaging with the …