Enabling photonic technologies for seeing-limited telescopes: Fabrication of integrated photonic lanterns on a chip

Izabela Spaleniak; Nemanja Jovanovic; Simon Gross; Michael Ireland; Jon Lawrence; Michael Withford

doi:10.1117/12.925264

Enabling photonic technologies for seeing-limited telescopes: Fabrication of integrated photonic lanterns on a chip

Izabela Spaleniak^*, Nemanja Jovanovic, Simon Gross, Michael Ireland, Jon Lawrence, Michael Withford

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In this paper we present theoretical and laboratory results on integrated directly-written photonic lanterns with varying taper lengths. These lanterns convert seeing-limited light into multiple diffraction limited signals, in other words, a multimode signal into multiple single-mode signals. We investigated 19-channel structures which were written within a 30-mm-long glass block and designed to operate at 1550 nm. A single structure consisted of a multimode waveguide which transitioned into an array of single-mode waveguides and then back to a multimode waveguide utilizing cosine taper transitions. Based on simulations we found that transition lengths of 6 mm were sufficient to obtain throughput at a level of ∼95%. Fabricated devices showed losses (coupling and transition losses) at the level of 30% for injection F/# > 5 and taper lengths > 5 mm. We believe that such devices show great promise for future use in astronomy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Editors	Ramón Navarro, Colin R. Cunningham, Eric Prieto
Place of Publication	Bellingham, Washington
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
Volume	8450
ISBN (Print)	9780819491510
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925264
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

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Other	Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	1/07/12 → 6/07/12

Keywords

astrophotonics
photonic lanterns
ultrafast direct write
multimode waveguides

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Spaleniak, I., Jovanovic, N., Gross, S., Ireland, M., Lawrence, J., & Withford, M. (2012). Enabling photonic technologies for seeing-limited telescopes: Fabrication of integrated photonic lanterns on a chip. In R. Navarro, C. R. Cunningham, & E. Prieto (Eds.), Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II (Vol. 8450, pp. 1-8). Article 845015 SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925264

Spaleniak, Izabela ; Jovanovic, Nemanja ; Gross, Simon et al. / Enabling photonic technologies for seeing-limited telescopes : Fabrication of integrated photonic lanterns on a chip. Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II. editor / Ramón Navarro ; Colin R. Cunningham ; Eric Prieto. Vol. 8450 Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2012. pp. 1-8

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Spaleniak, I, Jovanovic, N, Gross, S, Ireland, M, Lawrence, J & Withford, M 2012, Enabling photonic technologies for seeing-limited telescopes: Fabrication of integrated photonic lanterns on a chip. in R Navarro, CR Cunningham & E Prieto (eds), Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II. vol. 8450, 845015, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, pp. 1-8, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1/07/12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925264

Enabling photonic technologies for seeing-limited telescopes: Fabrication of integrated photonic lanterns on a chip. / Spaleniak, Izabela; Jovanovic, Nemanja; Gross, Simon et al.
Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II. ed. / Ramón Navarro; Colin R. Cunningham; Eric Prieto. Vol. 8450 Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2012. p. 1-8 845015.

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Spaleniak I, Jovanovic N, Gross S, Ireland M, Lawrence J , Withford M. Enabling photonic technologies for seeing-limited telescopes: Fabrication of integrated photonic lanterns on a chip. In Navarro R, Cunningham CR, Prieto E, editors, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II. Vol. 8450. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE. 2012. p. 1-8. 845015 doi: 10.1117/12.925264

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