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    • Astronomy and Astrophysics
    • Optical Engineering
    • Computational Physics

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    • Directly imaging Earth-sized exoplanets requires advanced starlight suppression technology.
    • Starshade external occulters are crucial for characterizing exoplanets in stellar habitable zones.
    • Accurate optical models are essential for the design and validation of full-scale starshade missions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate high-fidelity optical models for starshade performance prediction.
    • To generalize an algorithm for formulating the Fresnel diffraction equation as a one-dimensional integral.
    • To introduce a novel method for implementing wavefront errors within the edge integral framework.

    Main Methods:

    • Formulation of the Fresnel diffraction equation as a one-dimensional edge integral for arbitrary binary screens.
    • Development of a computationally efficient algorithm superior to standard two-dimensional Fresnel propagation codes.
    • Implementation and validation of wavefront error modeling within the edge integral approach.

    Main Results:

    • The generalized edge integral algorithm efficiently captures diffraction effects across large size scales.
    • The novel method for wavefront errors integrates seamlessly with the edge integral.
    • Validation confirms the algorithm's accuracy through comparisons with known solutions and standard codes.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed edge integral algorithm provides a computationally superior and efficient method for starshade optical modeling.
    • This validated approach enhances the fidelity of performance predictions for future starshade missions.
    • The findings support the development of advanced optical models necessary for direct exoplanet characterization.