@inproceedings{81b8d2a14b0940b4a12b7e03d50c7fa4,
title = "Multi-core fibre-fed integral field spectrograph (MCIFU) IV: The fiber link",
abstract = "The Multi-Core Integral-Field Unit (MCIFU) is a diffraction-limited near-infrared integral-field spectrograph designed to detect and characterise exoplanets and disks in combination with extreme adaptive optics (xAO) instruments. It has been developed by an extended consortium as an experimental path finder for medium resolution spectroscopic upgrades for xAO systems. To allow it to achieve its goals we manufactured a fibre link system composed of a custom integrated fiber, with 3D printed microlenses and an ultrafast laser inscribed reformatter. Here we detail the specific requirements of the fibre link, from its design parameters, through its manufacture the laboratory performance and discuss upgrades for the future. ",
keywords = "Astrophotonics, Image slicing, Integrated optics, Photonic Lantern, Spectroscopy, Waveguide",
author = "Harris, {Robert J.} and Pike, {Fraser A.} and Mareike Trappen and Haffert, {Sebastiaan Y.} and Yilin Xu and Aurelien Beno{\^i}t and Calum Ross and MacLachlan, {David G.} and Santiago Barboza and Norbert M{\"u}nch and Itandehui Gris-Sanchez and Matthias Blaicher and Pascal Maier and Christian Koos and Birks, {Timothy A.} and Thomson, {Robert R.}",
note = "Funding Information: Support for this work was provided by NASA through the NASA Hubble Fellowship grant #HST-HF2-51436.001-A awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Incorporated, under NASA contract NAS5-26555. Funding Information: This project has received funding from the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 730890. Funding Information: This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through Astronomical Instrumentation through photonic Reformatting{\textquoteright} Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 SPIE.; SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020 ; Conference date: 14-12-2020 Through 22-12-2020",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1117/12.2562689",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781510636897",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Ramon Navarro and Roland Geyl",
booktitle = "Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation IV",
address = "United States",
}