Toward a large bandwidth photonic correlator for infrared heterodyne interferometry
| Autor: | H. Guillet de Chatellus, Jean-Phillipe Berger, Guillaume Bourdarot |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre Spatial Universitaire de Grenoble ( CSUG), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique [Saint Martin d’Hères] (LIPhy ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Infrared
Physics::Optics Astrophysics Noise figure 01 natural sciences 010309 optics Optics 0103 physical sciences instrumentation: interferometers 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Physics business.industry Bandwidth (signal processing) Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics techniques: high angular resolution Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science Proof of concept techniques: interferometric Heterodyne interferometry A priori and a posteriori Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Photonics business [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] |
| Zdroj: | Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, EDP Sciences, 2020, 639, pp.A53. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201937368⟩ Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, 2020, 639, pp.A53. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201937368⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0004-6361 |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201937368⟩ |
| Popis: | Context. Infrared heterodyne interferometry has been proposed as a practical alternative for recombining a large number of telescopes over kilometric baselines in the mid-infrared. However, the current limited correlation capacities impose strong restrictions on the sensitivity of this appealing technique. Aims. In this paper, we propose to address the problem of transport and correlation of wide-bandwidth signals over kilometric distances by introducing photonic processing in infrared heterodyne interferometry. Methods. We describe the architecture of a photonic double-sideband correlator for two telescopes, along with the experimental demonstration of this concept on a proof-of-principle test bed. Results. We demonstrate the a posteriori correlation of two infrared signals previously generated on a two-telescope simulator in a double-sideband photonic correlator. A degradation of the signal-to-noise ratio of 13%, equivalent to a noise factor NF = 1.15, is obtained through the correlator, and the temporal coherence properties of our input signals are retrieved from these measurements. Conclusions. Our results demonstrate that photonic processing can be used to correlate heterodyne signals with a potentially large increase of detection bandwidth. These developments open the way to photonic processing of wide bandwidth signals for mid-infrared heterodyne interferometry, in particular for a large number of telescopes and for direct imager recombiners. |
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