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Planar Integrated Optics and astronomical interferometry

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Integrated optics (IO) is an optical technology that allows to reproduce optical circuits on a planar substrate. Since 1996, we have investigated the potentiality of IO in the framework of astronomical single mode interferometry. We review in this paper the principles of IO, the requirements for interferometry and the corresponding solutions offered by IO, the results of component characterization and the possible fields of application.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0508032,
  title  = {Planar Integrated Optics and astronomical interferometry},
  author = {Pierre Kern and Jean-Philippe Berger and Pierre Haguenauer and Fabien Malbet and Karine Perraut},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0508032},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages