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Fibres Are Looking Up: Optical Fibre Transition Structures In Astrophotonics

Antonio DiezJose L. CruzTim A. BirksDominic F. MurphySergio G. Leon-saval

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Infrared astronomyMaterials scienceOpticsOptical fiberbusiness.industrylawOptical engineeringAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsOptical physicsOptoelectronicsbusinessPhotonic-crystal fiberlaw.invention

description

Recent developments in the astrophotonic applications of optical fibre taper transitions are discussed. For example, transitions between single multi-mode and multiple single-mode cores can help suppress the atmospheric OH emission that hampers ground-based IR astronomy.

https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2010.ftuu1