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Eduardo Bendek

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Aug 2026

AstroPIC III: advancing the near-infrared photonic integrated coronagraph for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

AstroPIC is a photonic integrated coronagraph concept for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) that uses a programmable Mach-Zehnder interferometer mesh to perform coronagraphic mode-sorting of starlight while preserving off-axis exoplanet light. This paper presents a Gen-2 technology update and modeling study. The G...

D. Sirbu, R. Belikov, Eduardo Bendek et al. · 3 citations
Review Sep 2026

Coronagraph design survey

NASA is embarking on an ambitious program to develop the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) flagship to perform transformational astrophysics, as well as directly image ∼25 potentially Earth-like planets and spectroscopically characterize them for signs of life. This mission was recommended by the Astro2020 decadal sur...

R. Belikov, Christopher Stark, Nicholas Siegler et al. · 1 citation
Aug 2026

Optical architecture and wavefront sensing of the FLUTE-1 technology demonstration mission

Building space telescopes with apertures of tens of meters is instrumental for next-generation astrophysics, including direct imaging and characterization of extrasolar planets. Traditional manufacturing and segmentedmirror approaches, such as those used for the JamesWebb Space Telescope, do not scale to these dimensio...

Eduardo Bendek, Rachel Ticknor, Edward Balaban et al. · 1 citation

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