[Seminar] Optics and photonics engineering for astronomy applications by Dr. Chris Hamner

Title:

Optics and photonics engineering for astronomy applications.

Abstract:

A growing trend in astronomical instrumentation is the development of
compact photonic devices to supplement traditional, large-scale optical
systems. For these devices to be effective, light collected by a telescope must
be efficiently coupled into few-mode waveguides for transport and analysis,
often enabled by adaptive optics. I will discuss the roles of free space, fiber
based and photonic circuit based devices for our future research directions.

Bio:

Dr. Chris Hamner has a background in applied physics and is part of the Space Science and Engineering Initiative (SSEI) group in Hilo.
He was born and educated in the Pacific Northwest, where he received his Ph.D from
Washington State University is studying Bose-Einstein Condensates. Following a decade of
industry experience designing laser optics and radio frequency sensors, he has joined the
SSEI to support advancements in ground-based astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi.

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