Abstract

In the frame of ESA's DARWIN mission technological studies, Alcatel Space, supported by ESA, is designing and manufacturing a nulling interferometer whose aim is to demonstrate in laboratory the extinction of a point source with a stable nulling ratio of 10 -6 . This breadboard is presented with emphasis on the integrated optics beam combiner.

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