[Interview] How Quantum Coronagraphs Will Help Us See Earth-Like Planets Around Sun-Like Stars

Our current tech doesn't allow us to block light from Sun-like stars to see Earth-like planets. The brightness difference is just too high. One of the ways we can achieve it is with quantum coronagraphs. What are they and how do they work? Finding out in this interview.

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🟣 Guest: Nico Deshler
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📜 Experimental Demonstration of a Quantum-Optimal Coronagraph Using Spatial Mode Sorters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.12776

00:00 Intro
02:26 What is a quantum coronagraph
10:39 How to make one
19:20 How can a quantum coronagraph be used
22:02 Applications for ground-based telescopes
27:48 What's next?
34:14 Current obsessions
38:54 Final thoughts

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