Hybrid sol-gel planar optics for astronomy

被引:5
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作者
Ghasempour, A. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Leite, A. M. P. [3 ]
Reynaud, F. [5 ]
Marques, P. V. S. [1 ,3 ]
Garcia, P. J. V. [2 ,7 ]
Alexandre, D. [1 ,3 ,6 ]
Moreira, P. J. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] INESC, Unidade Optoelect & Sistemas Elect, Oporto, Portugal
[2] Univ Porto, Ctr Astrofis, Oporto, Portugal
[3] Univ Porto, Fac Ciencias, Dept Fis, Oporto, Portugal
[4] Univ Porto, Fac Ciencias, Dept Matemat Aplicada, Oporto, Portugal
[5] CNRS, UMR 6172, XLIM, Dept Photon, F-75700 Paris, France
[6] Univ Tras Montes & Alto Douro, Dept Fis, Monte De Caparica, Portugal
[7] Univ Porto, Fac Engn, Dep Eng Fis, Oporto, Portugal
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2009年 / 17卷 / 03期
关键词
INTEGRATED-OPTICS; BEAM COMBINER; K-BAND; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; VLTI;
D O I
10.1364/OE.17.001970
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Hybrid sol-gel planar optics devices for astronomy are produced for the first time. This material system can operate from the visible (0.5 mu m) up to the edge of astronomical J-band (1.4 mu m). The design, fabrication and characterization results of a coaxial three beam combiner are given as an example. Fringe contrasts above 94% are obtained with a source with spectral bandwidth of 50 nm. These results demonstrate that hybrid sol-gel technology can produce devices with high quality, opening the possibility of rapid prototyping of new designs and concepts for astronomical applications. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码:1970 / 1975
页数:6
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