{"id":647,"date":"2023-01-02T13:22:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/?page_id=647"},"modified":"2023-01-04T23:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T23:04:46","slug":"creol-astrophotonics-polyoculus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/creol-astrophotonics-polyoculus\/","title":{"rendered":"CREOL Astrophotonics &#8211; PolyOculus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"647\" class=\"elementor elementor-647\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bda6dce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bda6dce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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href=\"https:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/fol\/?_gl=1%2A3ig3qr%2A_ga%2AMjMzMjY0NDAuMTY3MjI0NjcyNg..%2A_ga_MNPTZL4JTN%2AMTY3MjI2OTQ4OC4zLjEuMTY3MjI2OTc3NS4wLjAuMA..\" class='uael-sub-menu-item'>Fiber Microdevices<\/a><\/li><li class=\"menu-item child menu-item-has-children elementor-repeater elementor-repeater-item-6303eb0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipes.creol.ucf.edu\/?_gl=1*xsvldl*_ga*MjMzMjY0NDAuMTY3MjI0NjcyNg..*_ga_MNPTZL4JTN*MTY3MjI2OTQ4OC4zLjEuMTY3MjI2OTU4Ni4wLjAuMA..\" class='uael-sub-menu-item'>Integrated Photonics<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13bda289 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"13bda289\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17b276a5\" data-id=\"17b276a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-472cf16b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"472cf16b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PolyOculus<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cb97bb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cb97bb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photonics-enabled large-area, low-cost telescope apertures for spectroscopy, LIDAR, telecoms, and more &#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-715c54ee elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"715c54ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71009289\" data-id=\"71009289\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0babbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c0babbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PolyOculus Concept<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c68cf93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c68cf93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recent evolution in commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies &#8211; low-cost high-performance telescopes, guide CCDs, and control computers &#8211; results in 10x lower costs per square meter of collecting area. PolyOculus combines these with photonic linkages and autonomous operation to produce large-area telescope arrays.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-730f05b0\" data-id=\"730f05b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-905934 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"905934\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/polyo_base.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-675\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/polyo_base.png 507w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/polyo_base-156x300.png 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f3f562b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f3f562b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28c11e9f\" data-id=\"28c11e9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a47171d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a47171d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cost\/Size Scaling<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-185c6ec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"185c6ec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PolyOculus provides a hierarchically scalable framework, enabling equivalent areas ranging from 1-meter to &gt;30-meter apertures &#8211; all while maintining a &gt;10x cost reduction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69628883\" data-id=\"69628883\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f34d783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f34d783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/polyo_cost-1024x711.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-674\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/polyo_cost-1024x711.png 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/polyo_cost-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/polyo_cost-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/polyo_cost.png 1268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6644dcb9 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6644dcb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7efc7d16\" data-id=\"7efc7d16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a861e3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a861e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Application Areas<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a94e1b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a94e1b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PolyOculus was originally conceived for low-cost, dynamically reconfigurable spectroscopy for astrophysics applications ranging from time-domain observations to extrasolar planet radial velocities to the measuring Dark Energy. Other applications include atmospheric LIDAR, space-to-ground optical communication, high-speed photometry, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71697c2f\" data-id=\"71697c2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b65e2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b65e2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/cosmic_accel-1024x770.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-679\" alt=\"\" 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