First on-sky demonstration of a compact fully-integrated photonic waveguide nulling interferometer

A. Arriola; B. Norris; N. Cvetojevic; S. Gross; J. Lawrence; M. Withford; P. Tuthill

doi:10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JF2N.4

First on-sky demonstration of a compact fully-integrated photonic waveguide nulling interferometer

A. Arriola, B. Norris, N. Cvetojevic, S. Gross, J. Lawrence, M. Withford, P. Tuthill

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Direct imaging of Earth-like exoplanets and protoplanetary disks using diffraction limited optics is one of the main challenges of astronomy due to the small angular separation and their low brightness with respect to the host star. This makes interferometers an attractive solution for this research, although they are limited by the missing of starlight with the faint science signal and by their stability. This problem can be solved with the use of photonics. We present the first on-sky demonstration of a 3D fully-integrated photonic nulling interferometer that was successfully tested at the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telecope (AAT). The device was fabricated using the femtosecond laser direct write technique.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2016
Place of Publication	S. I.
Publisher	Optical Society of America (OSA)
Pages	1-2
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781943580118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JF2N.4
Publication status	Published - 16 Dec 2016
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) - San Jose, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016

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Conference	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	5/06/16 → 10/06/16

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Arriola, A, Norris, B, Cvetojevic, N, Gross, S , Lawrence, J , Withford, M & Tuthill, P 2016, First on-sky demonstration of a compact fully-integrated photonic waveguide nulling interferometer. in 2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2016., 7787976, Optical Society of America (OSA), S. I., pp. 1-2, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, California, United States, 5/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JF2N.4

First on-sky demonstration of a compact fully-integrated photonic waveguide nulling interferometer. / Arriola, A.; Norris, B.; Cvetojevic, N. et al.
2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2016. S. I.: Optical Society of America (OSA), 2016. p. 1-2 7787976.

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