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Near-Infrared Camera and Fabry-Perot Spectrometer (NIC-FPS)

  • Fred Hearty
  • , Jon Morse
  • , Stephane Beland
  • , James Green
  • , Nathaniel Cunningham
  • , Robert Valentine
  • , Meredith Drosback
  • , Cynthia Froning
  • , Patrick Hartigan
  • , John Barentine

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Abstract

A near-infrared instrument is being built for the ARC 3.5 meter telescope that will operate in both an imaging and a narrow band, full field spectroscopic mode. The 4.5' × 4.5' field-of-view is imaged onto a new-generation, low-noise Rockwell Hawaii-1RG 1024 × 1024 HgCdTe detector. High resolution (R∼ 10,000) spectroscopy is accomplished by employing a Queensgate (now IC Optical) cryogenic Fabry-Perot etalon. The instrument is housed in a large Dewar of innovative, light-weight design. This report describes the as-built opto-mechanical system for the instrument and the work remaining before deployment at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1623-1632
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume5492
Issue numberPART 3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
EventGround-based Instrumentation for Astronomy - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: Jun 21 2004Jun 25 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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