PIMMS: Photonic integrated multimode microspectrograph

Joss Bland-Hawthorn; Jon Lawrence; Gordon Robertson; Sam Campbell; Ben Pope; Chris Betters; Sergio Leon-Saval; Timothy Birks; Roger Haynes; Nick Cvetojevic; Nem Jovanovic

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PIMMS: Photonic integrated multimode microspectrograph

Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jon Lawrence, Gordon Robertson, Sam Campbell, Ben Pope, Chris Betters, Sergio Leon-Saval, Timothy Birks, Roger Haynes, Nick Cvetojevic, Nem Jovanovic

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We present the first integrated multimode photonic spectrograph, a device we call PIMMS #1. The device comprises a set of multimode fibres that convert to single-mode propagation using a matching set of photonic lanterns. These feed to a stack of cyclic array waveguides (AWGs) that illuminate a common detector. Such a device greatly reduces the size of an astronomical instrument at a fixed spectroscopic resolution. Remarkably, the PIMMS concept is largely independent of the telescope diameter, input focal ratio and entrance aperture - i.e. one size fits all! The instrument architecture can also exploit recent advances in astrophotonics (e.g. OH suppression fibres). We present a movie of the instrument's operation and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this approach.

Original language	English
Article number	77350N
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7735
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856347
Publication status	Published - Jun 2010
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III, June 27, 2010 - July 2, 2010 - San Diego, CA, USA United States Duration: 1 Jun 2010 → …

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Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III. 27 June - 2 July 2010. San Diego, CA, United States.

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Bland-Hawthorn, J., Lawrence, J., Robertson, G., Campbell, S., Pope, B., Betters, C., Leon-Saval, S., Birks, T., Haynes, R., Cvetojevic, N. and Jovanovic, N., 2010. "PIMMS: Photonic integrated multimode microspectrograph", Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering,Edited by: Ian S. McLean, Suzanne K. Ramsay, Hideki Takami, 7735, 77350N. Copyright 2010 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.856347

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