1:61 photonic lanterns for astrophotometry: A performance study

作者: J.-C. Olaya , S. G. Leon-Saval , D. Schirdewahn , K. Ehrlich , D. M. Haynes

DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2966.2012.22043.X

关键词: Spectral linePhysicsOpticsPhotonicsCore (optical fiber)Point sourceMulti-mode optical fiberEnvelope (mathematics)Resolution (electron density)Noise (electronics)

摘要: In this paper, we study how the spectral information is transmitted through a 1: 61 photonic lantern (PL) when illuminating the multimode (MM) end with a point source. We found that …

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