Second generation OH suppression filters using multicore fibres

R. Haynes; T. A. Birks; J. Bland-Hawthorn; J. L. Cruz; A. Diez; S. C. Ellis; D. Haynes; R. G. Krämer; B. J. Mangan; S. Min; D. F. Murphy; S. Nolte; J. C. Olaya; J. U. Thomas; C. Q. Trinh; A. Tünnermann; Christian Voigtländer

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Second generation OH suppression filters using multicore fibres

R. Haynes^*, T. A. Birks, J. Bland-Hawthorn, J. L. Cruz, A. Diez, S. C. Ellis, D. Haynes, R. G. Krämer, B. J. Mangan, S. Min, D. F. Murphy, S. Nolte, J. C. Olaya, J. U. Thomas, C. Q. Trinh, A. Tünnermann, Christian Voigtländer

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Ground based near-infrared observations have long been plagued by poor sensitivity when compared to visible observations as a result of the bright narrow line emission from atmospheric OH molecules. The GNOSIS instrument recently commissioned at the Australian Astronomical Observatory uses Photonic Lanterns in combination with individually printed single mode fibre Bragg gratings to filter out the brightest OH-emission lines between 1.47 and 1.70μm. GNOSIS, reported in a separate paper in this conference, demonstrates excellent OH-suppression, providing very "clean" filtering of the lines. It represents a major step forward in the goal to improve the sensitivity of ground based near-infrared observation to that possible at visible wavelengths, however, the filter units are relatively bulky and costly to produce. The 2nd generation fibre OH-Suppression filters based on multicore fibres are currently under development. The development aims to produce high quality, cost effective, compact and robust OH-Suppression units in a single optical fibre with numerous isolated single mode cores that replicate the function and performance of the current generation of "conventional" photonic lantern based devices. In this paper we present the early results from the multicore fibre development and multicore fibre Bragg grating imprinting process.

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
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9780819491510
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925923
Publication status	Published - 13 Sept 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	8450
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	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
Fibre bragg grating
Fibre taper
Multicore fibre
Near-infrared
OH suppression
Photonic lantern
Spectroscopy

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Haynes, R., Birks, T. A., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Cruz, J. L., Diez, A., Ellis, S. C., Haynes, D., Krämer, R. G., Mangan, B. J., Min, S., Murphy, D. F., Nolte, S., Olaya, J. C., Thomas, J. U., Trinh, C. Q., Tünnermann, A., & Voigtländer, C. (2012). Second generation OH suppression filters using multicore fibres. In R. Navarro, C. R. Cunningham, & E. Prieto (Eds.), Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II Article 845011 (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 8450). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925923

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Second generation OH suppression filters using multicore fibres. / Haynes, R.; Birks, T. A.; Bland-Hawthorn, J. et al.
Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes and Instrumentation II. ed. / Ramón Navarro; Colin R. Cunningham; Eric Prieto. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2012. 845011 (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 8450).

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