Design and testing of an on-sky astrophotonic telescope platform for on-chip instrumentation

Erin M. Tonita, Volodymyr Artyshchuk, John Weber, Siegfried Janz, Adam Densmore, Suresh Sivanandam, Ernst de Mooij, Jens H. Schmid, Pavel Cheben, DanXia Xu, Karin Hinzer, Ross Cheriton*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Bulk optical astronomical instruments face significant cost, complexity, flexure and alignment challenges with increasing next generation telescope sizes. Astrophotonics can mitigate these issues by using compact optical fiber or chip-based instruments. Here we present the design and development of a single-mode fiber coupled optical telescope system (ARTEMIS) designed for the demonstration of novel integrated astrophotonic instrumentation. Using a 4 cm fiber collimator as a telescope, we show on-sky measurements from an integrated astrophotonic chip. We have demonstrated the ability to detect <0.002% absorption depth changes of telluric CO2 lines using a sub-centimeter scale astrophotonic correlation spectroscopy chip with the sun as a background light source. These results provide a route towards demonstrating astrophotonic instrumentation on the larger 35 cm ARTEMIS telescope for the atmospheric characterization of smaller, fainter targets such as planets.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in optical and mechanical technologies for telescopes and instrumentation V
EditorsRamón Navarro, Roland Geyl
PublisherSPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
ISBN (Electronic)9781510653580
ISBN (Print)9781510653573
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Aug 2022
EventSPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 17 Jul 202222 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameSPIE Conference Proceedings
Volume12188
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceSPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period17/07/202222/07/2022

Keywords

  • astrophotonics
  • correlation spectroscopy
  • dome
  • gas sensing
  • ground station
  • photonics
  • remote sensing
  • ring resonator
  • telescope

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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