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    • * Optical Interferometry and Photonic Techniques

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    • * Detecting exoplanets close to stars is challenging due to overwhelming starlight.
    • * Single-mode cross-aperture nulling interferometry offers a potential solution by exploiting light's wave properties.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • * To demonstrate a laboratory method for achieving high contrast imaging of exoplanets.
    • * To develop and test a novel phase-knife mask for starlight suppression.

    Main Methods:

    • * Utilized a flat geometric-phase-based pupil-plane phase-knife mask.
    • * Employed a planar liquid crystal polymer layer with specific optical axis orientations.
    • * Generated an asymmetric field distribution from a laboratory point source.

    Main Results:

    • * Achieved an on-axis laboratory point-source rejection (null depth) of 2.2 × 10-5.
    • * Demonstrated the effectiveness of the phase-knife mask in suppressing light.

    Conclusions:

    • * The developed technique shows promise for detecting exoplanets in close proximity to their host stars.
    • * Proposed mask modifications can further enhance starlight rejection for improved detection capabilities.