We give in this short communication the principle of the densification of a large classical on-axis aperture, with aperture central obscuration and spider arms into a full circular unobstructed aperture, for application to high-contrast coronagraphy. An example is shown using a VLT like aperture. In space, such a technique would allow to produce a perfect null of the star image using coronagraphic techniques such as the 4QC or the PKC, at the expense of a small reduction of the transmitted light. The drawback of the technique is that a surprisingly very small ZOF is obtained, if the telescope full resolution is considered. However, if a loss of resolution of a factor 2 is accepted, then the system might behave as a perfect imaging system. The technique is found useless for ground based observations with the Strehl ratios reached at the present time.
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Aimé et al. (2003) studied this question.