000			01904 a2200217 4500
003			OSt
020			_a9781800613355
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a522.6 _bEl59p
100			_aEllis, Simon
245			_aPrinciples of astrophotonics _cSimon Ellis, Joss Bland-Hawthorn and Sergio Leon-Saval
260			_bWorld Scientific _c2023 _aNew Jersey
300			_axxi, 260p
440			_aAdvanced textbooks in physics
520			_aAstrophotonics is the application of photonics to astronomical instrumentation. It is a rapidly developing field that takes a new approach to instrumentation, in which the bulk optics of traditional instruments, such as lenses, mirrors, and diffraction gratings, are replaced with devices embedded within waveguides. This enables instruments that are smaller, modular, more stable, and most excitingly, with optical capabilities not possible with traditional instruments. Astrophotonics has reached a stage of development where many prototype devices are now being tested on sky, and the first fully-fledged instruments incorporating photonic devices are now being used for observations. The field is thus transitioning from one of instrumental research and development to mainstream observational astrophysics. This is the first book focussed on astrophotonics, written by three experts in the field. Beginning with a sound introduction to the basic principles of astrophotonics, it is intended to communicate the current status, potential, and future possibilities of astrophotonics to the wider astronomical, optics and photonics communities. Readership: Final year undergraduate, or graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, astronomical instrumentation, and photonics.
650			_aAstrophotonics
700			_aBland-Hawthorn, Joss
700			_aLeon-Saval, Sergio
942			_cBK
999			_c566640 _d566640