The FRD and transmission of the 270-m GRACES optical fiber link and a high numerical aperture fiber for astronomy

John Pazder; Paul Fournier; Rafal Pawluczyk; Maaike van Kooten

doi:10.1117/12.2057327

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28 July 2014 The FRD and transmission of the 270-m GRACES optical fiber link and a high numerical aperture fiber for astronomy

John Pazder, Paul Fournier, Rafal Pawluczyk, Maaike van Kooten

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Proceedings Volume 9151, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation; 915124 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057327
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

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We report results of the extensive development work done on the 270-m optical fiber link for the GRACES project and a preliminary investigations into a high numerical aperture fiber for astronomy. The Gemini Remote Access CFHT ESPaDOnS Spectrograph (GRACES) is an instrumentation experiment to link ESPaDOnS, a bench-mounted highresolution optical spectrograph at CFHT, to the Gemini-North telescope with an optical fiber link. A 270-m fiber link with less than 14% Focal Ratio Degradation (FRD) has been developed jointly by HIA and FiberTech Optica for the experiment. A preliminary study has been conducted by HIA into a high numerical aperture fiber (0.26 numerical aperture) with the intended application of wide field optical spectrographs fiber fed from the telescope prime focus. The Laboratory test results of FRD, transmission, and stability for the GRACES fiber link and preliminary FRD measurements of the high numerical aperture fiber tests are reported.

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John Pazder, Paul Fournier, Rafal Pawluczyk, and Maaike van Kooten "The FRD and transmission of the 270-m GRACES optical fiber link and a high numerical aperture fiber for astronomy", Proc. SPIE 9151, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation, 915124 (28 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057327

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