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Completed TRL 3 (started at 2, targeting 3)
Use of Pancharatnam-Berry geometric phase masks to optimize segmented aperture vortex coronagraphs.
Extreme broadband starlight suppression and high exoplanet light throughput, enabling spectral characterization and the potential detection of life.
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