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arxiv: 1907.05904 · v1 · pith:GA7IN7AJnew · submitted 2019-07-12 · 🌌 astro-ph.IM · physics.ins-det· physics.optics

Astro2020: Astrophotonics White Paper

Pradip Gatkine , Sylvain Veilleux , John Mather , Christopher Betters , Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn , Julia Bryant , S. Bradley Cenko , Mario Dagenais
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Drake Deming Simon Ellis Matthew Greenhouse Andrew Harris Nemanja Jovanovic Steve Kuhlmann Alexander Kutyrev Sergio Leon-Saval Kalaga Madhav Samuel Moseley Barnaby Norris Bernard Rauscher Martin Roth Stuart Vogel
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The photonic platform of guided light in fibers and waveguides opens next-generation instrumentation for extremely large telescopes.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This white paper establishes that astrophotonic devices apply photonic technologies to channel, manipulate, and disperse light from telescopes in an efficient and cost-effective way. It argues that telecom-driven advances in photonics make these devices ideally suited for adaptive-optics corrected light on ground- and space-based telescopes. The focus falls on upcoming extremely large telescopes, where such platforms can enable new science including exoplanet atmosphere characterization. The paper summarizes the current landscape of devices, highlights key issues, and outlines technological and organizational approaches for the coming decade.

Core claim

Astrophotonics is the application of versatile photonic technologies to channel, manipulate, and disperse guided light from one or more telescopes to achieve scientific objectives in astronomy in an efficient and cost-effective way. The photonic platform of guided light in fibers and waveguides has opened the doors to next-generation instrumentation for both ground- and space-based telescopes in optical and near/mid-IR bands, particularly for the upcoming extremely large telescopes (ELTs). The large telescopes are pushing the limits of adaptive optics to reach close to a near-diffraction-limited performance.

What carries the argument

The photonic platform of guided light in fibers and waveguides, which captures AO-corrected light to enable new astronomical observations.

If this is right

  • Photonic devices become suited for capturing AO-corrected light and enabling exoplanet atmosphere characterization.
  • New instrumentation options open for both ground- and space-based telescopes in optical and near/mid-IR bands.
  • Efficient and cost-effective light manipulation supports scientific objectives with extremely large telescopes.
  • Specific technological and organizational approaches can address issues to enable discoveries in the ELT era.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Current large telescopes could serve as testbeds to validate photonic integration with adaptive optics before ELT deployment.
  • Miniaturized photonic components might extend applications to space missions beyond what the paper explicitly discusses.
  • Collaborations between photonics developers and astronomers could accelerate the organizational solutions outlined.

Load-bearing premise

Developments and demands from the telecommunication industry will continue to drive photonic technology that translates directly and cost-effectively to astronomical instrumentation needs for ELTs.

What would settle it

A demonstration that photonic devices cannot efficiently interface with near-diffraction-limited light from adaptive optics on ELTs, or that telecom advances fail to produce suitable cost-effective solutions for astronomy.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 1907.05904 by Alexander Kutyrev, Andrew Harris, Barnaby Norris, Bernard Rauscher, Christopher Betters, Drake Deming, John Mather, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, Julia Bryant, Kalaga Madhav, Mario Dagenais, Martin Roth, Matthew Greenhouse, Nemanja Jovanovic, Pradip Gatkine, Samuel Moseley, S. Bradley Cenko, Sergio Leon-Saval, Simon Ellis, Steve Kuhlmann, Stuart Vogel, Sylvain Veilleux.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Growth of the field of astrophotonics in the last decade [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Schematic of a fully integrated nulling spectro-interferometer on a photonic chip (top). Key [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: On-sky demonstrations of key astrophotonic technologies. a. Atmospheric OH suppression [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗
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Astrophotonics is the application of versatile photonic technologies to channel, manipulate, and disperse guided light from one or more telescopes to achieve scientific objectives in astronomy in an efficient and cost-effective way. The developments and demands from the telecommunication industry have driven a major boost in photonic technology and vice versa in the last 40 years. The photonic platform of guided light in fibers and waveguides has opened the doors to next-generation instrumentation for both ground- and space-based telescopes in optical and near/mid-IR bands, particularly for the upcoming extremely large telescopes (ELTs). The large telescopes are pushing the limits of adaptive optics to reach close to a near-diffraction-limited performance. The photonic devices are ideally suited for capturing this AO-corrected light and enabling new and exciting science such as characterizing exoplanet atmospheres. The purpose of this white paper is to summarize the current landscape of astrophotonic devices and their scientific impact, highlight the key issues, and outline specific technological and organizational approaches to address these issues in the coming decade and thereby enable new discoveries as we embark on the era of extremely large telescopes.

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Referee Report

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Summary. This Astro2020 white paper defines astrophotonics as the application of photonic technologies (fibers and waveguides) to channel, manipulate, and disperse light from telescopes. It argues that telecom-driven advances have enabled next-generation instrumentation for ground- and space-based telescopes, especially ELTs, by capturing AO-corrected light for science such as exoplanet atmosphere characterization. The manuscript summarizes the current device landscape and scientific impact, identifies key issues, and outlines technological and organizational recommendations for the coming decade.

Significance. As an input to the Astro2020 decadal survey, the paper usefully maps an emerging instrumentation approach whose adoption could lower costs and enable new observations with ELTs. Its value lies in consolidating the landscape and providing actionable recommendations rather than in new data or derivations.

minor comments (3)
  1. Abstract and introduction: the statement that telecom developments 'have driven a major boost in photonic technology and vice versa' would benefit from one or two concrete historical examples of technology transfer to astronomy to make the claim more traceable for readers unfamiliar with the field.
  2. The section outlining recommendations should explicitly link each proposed organizational approach to a named key issue identified earlier in the manuscript; currently the mapping is implicit.
  3. A short table or bullet list summarizing the main astrophotonic devices discussed (e.g., photonic lanterns, spectrographs, nullers) and their current TRL would improve readability and allow quick assessment of maturity.

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We thank the referee for their positive and constructive review of our Astro2020 white paper. The assessment correctly captures the manuscript's purpose as a landscape review and set of recommendations rather than a presentation of new data. We appreciate the recommendation for minor revision and will incorporate any editorial or minor clarifications in the next version.

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full rationale

This is a review-style white paper whose explicit purpose (abstract) is to summarize the landscape of astrophotonic devices, note scientific impact, and outline recommendations. It advances no quantitative claims, derivations, equations, fitted parameters, or falsifiable predictions. No load-bearing steps exist that could reduce to self-definition, fitted inputs, or self-citation chains. The document is self-contained as a descriptive summary against external benchmarks in the field.

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This is a review white paper with no new scientific claim, derivation, or model. No free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are introduced.

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