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An Integrated Optics Beam Combiner Realized with Magic-Tees

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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.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the NSF (ECS 9800260), NASA (NAG 59100) and the Army Research Office. This work was funded in part by JPL Contract # 1233050 and JPL Contract # 1252566

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  1. Steward Observatory Radio Astronomy Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Dathon Golish, Christopher Walker & Christian Drouet d’Aubigny

  2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Mark Swain

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Golish, D., Swain, M., Walker, C. et al. An Integrated Optics Beam Combiner Realized with Magic-Tees. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 30, 884–898 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-009-9507-5

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