In this thesis, we explore the use of recently developed photonic technologies, such as low loss micro-optical circuitry in glass, and evaluate their possible impact on astronomical instrumentation with the aim of creating, testing, and demonstrating an integrated photonic spectrograph (IPS).
Table of Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of astronomical spectrographs -- 3. Photonic spectrographs -- 4. Laboratory characterisation of arrayed waveguide grating spectrographs -- 5. First astronomical results using the integrated photonic spectrograph -- 6. Optimisation of arrayed waveguide grating designs for enhanced astronomical performance -- 7. Conclusions and future work.Notes
Theoretical thesis.
Bibliography: pages 181-193Awarding Institution
Macquarie UniversityDegree Type
Thesis PhDDegree
PhD, Macquarie University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and AstronomyDepartment, Centre or School
Department of Physics and AstronomyYear of Award
2014Principal Supervisor
Jon LawrenceAdditional Supervisor 1
Nemanja JovanovicAdditional Supervisor 2
Michael J. WithfordRights
Copyright Nick Cvetojevic 2014.
Copyright disclaimer: http://mq.edu.au/library/copyrightLanguage
EnglishExtent
1 online resource (xviii, 193 pages colour illustrations)Former Identifiers
mq:71853
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1278774
