Title :
Profiles of fibre Bragg grating stopbands for temporal spectral astronomy
Author :
Marien, G. ; Cvetojevic, N. ; Jovanovic, N. ; Dawes, J. ; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss ; Haynes, R. ; Lawrence, J. ; Parker, Q. ; Withford, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Temporal spectral astronomy studies astrophysical phenomena showing spectral variability on very short timescales. The use of fibre Bragg gratings converts the spectral detection into a photometric one, allowing for short timescale variations to be resolved.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; astronomical instruments; astronomy; optical fibres; astrophysical phenomena; fibre Bragg grating; short timescale variations; spectral detection; spectral variability; stopband profiles; temporal spectral astronomy; Astronomy; Bandwidth; Fiber gratings; Gratings; Optical fibers; Photonics; Fibre Bragg Gratings; Optical fibres; Photonic filters; Temporal Spectral Astronomy; Time-resolved Astronomy; Transients;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929923
