11–16 Dec 2022
Australia/Adelaide timezone
Co-locating with the 7th International Workshop of Specialty Optical Fibres and Their Applications (WSOF), the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP), and the Conference on Optoelectronlc and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD)

Development of an mid-infrared integrated optics 4-telescope beam combiner for the Hi-5 instrument

12 Dec 2022, 12:15
15m
Room E3 (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Room E3

Adelaide Convention Centre

Talk (preferred) ANZCOP: Astrophotonics Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics

Speaker

Mr Ahmed Sanny (University of Cologne, Macquarie University)

Description

An integrated optic 4-telescope beam combiner is being developed for the detection of exoplanets using nulling interferometry. The beam combiner, fabricated using ultrafast laser inscription, is optimised for achromatic behaviour in the mid-infrared (3.5-4.0 µm).

Authors

Mr Ahmed Sanny (University of Cologne, Macquarie University) Prof. Lucas Labadie (University of Cologne) Prof. Michael Withford (Macquarie University) Dr Simon Gross (Macquarie University)

Presentation materials