An integrated optics beam combiner realized with magic-tees

Dathon Golish, Mark Swain, Christopher Walker, Christian Drouet D'Aubigny

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Abstract

Integrated Optics (IO) beam combiners implemented in waveguide are a compact, low-mass alternative to beam combiners designed using quasi-optical techniques. Here we present modeling (performed in CST Microwave Studio at 30 THz) and experimental results (done at X-Band) for IO beam combiners based on "magic-T" waveguide structures. A magic-T can be configured either for beam combining or nulling. This work was originally done in support of the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) project, and has a wide variety of potential interferometric applications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)884-898
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
Volume30
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009

Keywords

  • Beam combining
  • Integrated optics
  • Magic-tee
  • TPF
  • Terahertz

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiation
  • Instrumentation
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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