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| author | Luo, Xijie Alvarez, Carlos E. Rodriguez Rahman, Aashia Soemitro, Azlizan A. Önel, Hakan Paschke, Jens Bauer, Svend-Marian Madhav, Kalaga Bittner, Wilbert Roth, Martin M. |
| author_facet | Luo, Xijie Alvarez, Carlos E. Rodriguez Rahman, Aashia Soemitro, Azlizan A. Önel, Hakan Paschke, Jens Bauer, Svend-Marian Madhav, Kalaga Bittner, Wilbert Roth, Martin M. |
| contents | Multi-channel aperiodic fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based hydroxyl (OH) line filters have attracted significant interest in ground-based near-infrared (NIR) astronomical observations. In this paper, we present the performance of a new self-compensating enclosure for the filters, that can be used in non-temperature-controlled environments. Our prototype encloses a 110 mm long single-mode photosensitive optical fiber with three 10 mm filter gratings. A fourth grating was used as a reference outside the package to measure the uncompensated wavelength shift. The prototype was tested over three thermal cycles, and showed a maximum wavelength deviation of 12 pm, a wavelength drift of only 0.37 pm/$^{\circ}$C, over the temperature range of -17$^{\circ}$C to 15$^{\circ}$C. The athermalization factor, i.e., the ratio of the maximum wavelength shift of the compensated grating to the uncompensated reference filter grating was $\frac{1}{22}$. The results demonstrate the capability of the prototype for stabilizing multi-channel long-length FBGs or chirped FBGs, particularly for astronomical applications that require sub-picometer stability. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Temperature-compensating package for OH line filters for astronomy: II. manufacture, assembly, and performance study Luo, Xijie Alvarez, Carlos E. Rodriguez Rahman, Aashia Soemitro, Azlizan A. Önel, Hakan Paschke, Jens Bauer, Svend-Marian Madhav, Kalaga Bittner, Wilbert Roth, Martin M. Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Optics Multi-channel aperiodic fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based hydroxyl (OH) line filters have attracted significant interest in ground-based near-infrared (NIR) astronomical observations. In this paper, we present the performance of a new self-compensating enclosure for the filters, that can be used in non-temperature-controlled environments. Our prototype encloses a 110 mm long single-mode photosensitive optical fiber with three 10 mm filter gratings. A fourth grating was used as a reference outside the package to measure the uncompensated wavelength shift. The prototype was tested over three thermal cycles, and showed a maximum wavelength deviation of 12 pm, a wavelength drift of only 0.37 pm/$^{\circ}$C, over the temperature range of -17$^{\circ}$C to 15$^{\circ}$C. The athermalization factor, i.e., the ratio of the maximum wavelength shift of the compensated grating to the uncompensated reference filter grating was $\frac{1}{22}$. The results demonstrate the capability of the prototype for stabilizing multi-channel long-length FBGs or chirped FBGs, particularly for astronomical applications that require sub-picometer stability. |
| title | Temperature-compensating package for OH line filters for astronomy: II. manufacture, assembly, and performance study |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09854 |