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

14 May 2025 • 41 min • EN
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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. 👉 [Interview+] Bonus Part. No YT ads. FREE https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Nico Deshler https://github.com/NicoDeshler 📜 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 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/cfdMxauquec 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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