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Astrophotonics is the application of photonics to astronomical
instrumentation. It is a rapidly developing field that takes a new
approach to instrumentation, in which the bulk optics of
traditional instruments, such as lenses, mirrors, and diffraction
gratings, are replaced with devices embedded within waveguides.
This enables instruments that are smaller, modular, more stable,
and most excitingly, with optical capabilities not possible with
traditional instruments.Astrophotonics has reached a stage of
development where many prototype devices are now being tested on
sky, and the first fully-fledged instruments incorporating photonic
devices are now being used for observations. The field is thus
transitioning from one of instrumental research and development to
mainstream observational astrophysics.This is the first book
focussed on astrophotonics, written by three experts in the field.
Beginning with a sound introduction to the basic principles of
astrophotonics, it is intended to communicate the current status,
potential, and future possibilities of astrophotonics to the wider
astronomical, optics and photonics communities.
Astrophotonics is the application of photonics to astronomical
instrumentation. It is a rapidly developing field that takes a new
approach to instrumentation, in which the bulk optics of
traditional instruments, such as lenses, mirrors, and diffraction
gratings, are replaced with devices embedded within waveguides.
This enables instruments that are smaller, modular, more stable,
and most excitingly, with optical capabilities not possible with
traditional instruments.Astrophotonics has reached a stage of
development where many prototype devices are now being tested on
sky, and the first fully-fledged instruments incorporating photonic
devices are now being used for observations. The field is thus
transitioning from one of instrumental research and development to
mainstream observational astrophysics.This is the first book
focussed on astrophotonics, written by three experts in the field.
Beginning with a sound introduction to the basic principles of
astrophotonics, it is intended to communicate the current status,
potential, and future possibilities of astrophotonics to the wider
astronomical, optics and photonics communities.
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