Studying focal ratio degradation of optical fibres with a core size of 50 μm for astronomy

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Jan 2005

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 356, Issue 3, pp. 1079-1087.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Instrumentation: Miscellaneous, Instrumentation: Spectrographs

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Along with the spectral attenuation properties, the focal ratio degradation (FRD) properties of optical fibres are the most important for instrumental applications in astronomy. We present a special study about the FRD of optical fibres with a core size of 50 μm to evaluate the effects of stress when mounting the fibre. Optical fibres like this were used to construct the Eucalyptus integral field unit. This fibre is very susceptible to the FRD effects, especially after the removal of the acrylate buffer. This operation is sometimes necessary to allow close packing of the fibres at the input to the spectrograph. Without the acrylate buffer, the protection of the cladding and core of the fibre may be easily damaged. In the near future, fibres of this size will be used to build the Southern Observatory for Astronomical Research (SOAR) integral field unit spectrograph (SIFS) and other instruments. It is important to understand the correct procedure which minimizes any increase in FRD during the construction of the instrument.

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