{"id":783,"date":"2023-01-03T00:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T00:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/?page_id=783"},"modified":"2023-01-04T23:04:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T23:04:12","slug":"creol-astrophotonics-photonic-lanterns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/creol-astrophotonics-photonic-lanterns\/","title":{"rendered":"CREOL Astrophotonics &#8211; Photonic Lanterns"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"783\" class=\"elementor elementor-783\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fe5c62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fe5c62\" 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 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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-3c102eb 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=\"3c102eb\" 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-d93f332\" data-id=\"d93f332\" 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-1d12a5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d12a5f\" 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\">Photonic Lanterns<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3584a3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3584a3e\" 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>Key components for astrophotonics applications from beam combiners\/separators to wavefront sensors to quantum-inspired imagers<\/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-d1003b0 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1003b0\" 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-474d0de\" data-id=\"474d0de\" 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-caa1b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"caa1b4b\" 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\">PL Concept<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9d204c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9d204c\" 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>A photonic lantern is a monolithic optical fiber device consisting of a smooth continuous 3-D waveguide transition which implements spatial transformations. It accepts a multimode wavefront\/image and converts it into an array of spatially separated single mode beams at high (&gt;90%) optical efficiency. The lantern performs mode mapping equivalent to a transfer matrix operation from the multimode fiber modal basis to a basis consisting of an array of Gaussian beams.<\/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-cbf62fd\" data-id=\"cbf62fd\" 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-482784d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"482784d\" 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=\"550\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/pl_concept.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-785\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/pl_concept.png 550w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/pl_concept-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\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-a5ed238 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5ed238\" 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-a6c06e5\" data-id=\"a6c06e5\" 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-ae1a455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae1a455\" 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\">Photonic Lantern Taper Evolution<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a01622 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a01622\" 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>(Top) Conceptual layout. (Middle) Cross-section microscope images of a 100-port CREOL-fabricated photonic lantern along its length. (Bottom) Waveguide mode diagram along the length. Blue corresponds to core (high performance) modes; red depicts cladding (lossy) modes.<\/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-9b17085\" data-id=\"9b17085\" 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-82de460 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"82de460\" 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\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/elementor\/thumbs\/Photonic_lantern_sectional-qo9iqd79anyntqrvmsixyrjyifxgupg3lfsnv45ue8.png\" title=\"Photonic_lantern_sectional\" alt=\"Photonic_lantern_sectional\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\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-2f5d03a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f5d03a\" 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-3ebf50d\" data-id=\"3ebf50d\" 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-16c3100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16c3100\" 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\">CREOL Lanterns<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-530488f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"530488f\" 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>(Top) Microscope images of a selection of photonic lantern fabricated by our team. Note that we regularly fabricate lanterns with mode counts sufficient for this work. (Bottom) Bare photonic lantern above a packaged and connectorized version of the same lantern.<\/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-f5c33f6\" data-id=\"f5c33f6\" 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-8536284 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8536284\" 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=\"692\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/PL_photo.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-790\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/PL_photo.png 692w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/PL_photo-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/>\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-0a93ff3 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a93ff3\" 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-aaba307\" data-id=\"aaba307\" 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-cca80cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cca80cd\" 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\">Lantern Fabrication<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e458ed0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e458ed0\" 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>We fabricate our photonic lanterns by fusing and tapering different fibers and glass capillaries together in our state-of-the-art Fiber Microdevice Facility at CREOL, producing lanterns that move from a multimode fiber input to an output array of isolated single-mode fibers. On one side, the lantern starts as an array of isolated uncoupled single-mode fibers which are then fused and tapered down.\u00a0<\/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-35b6be3\" data-id=\"35b6be3\" 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-c346742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c346742\" 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=\"368\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/pl_fab.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/pl_fab.png 368w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/pl_fab-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/>\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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.7.8 &#8211; 02-10-2022 *\/ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=&#8221;.svg&#8221;]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} About Us Overview CREOL Space Photonics Lab CREOL Home Research Projects OPA PAOLA AQUI PQI2 Hyperspectral Microscopy FRIDA MIRADAS Technology Areas Photonic Lanterns PolyOculus Wavefront Sensors Quantum Imaging Flat-top Fibers Team Members Faculty Staff &amp; Postdocs Grad Students Undergrads Related CREOL Groups Fiber [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-783","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/783\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}