Phase II of the Keck Planet Imager and characterizer: system-level laboratory characterization and preliminary on-sky commissioning

Daniel Echeverri; Nemanja Jovanovic; Jacques-Robert Delorme; Yinzi Xin; Tobias Schofield; Luke Finnerty; Jason J. Wang; Jerry Xuan; Dimitri Mawet; Ashley Baker; Randall Bartos; Charlotte Z. Bond; Marta Bryan; Benjamin Calvin; Sylvain Cetre; Greg Doppmann; Michael P Fitzgerald; Jason Fucik; Katelyn Horstman; Ronald Lopez; Emily C Martin; Stefan Martin; Bertrand Mennesson; Evan Morris; Reston Nash; Jackie Pezzato; Michael Porter; Sam Ragland; Mitsuko K. Roberts; Garreth Ruane; Jean-Baptiste Ruffio; Ben Sappey; Eugene Serabyn; Andrew Skemer; Taylor Venenciano; J. Kent Wallace; Ji Wang; Peter Wizinowich

doi:10.1117/12.2630518

29 August 2022 Phase II of the Keck Planet Imager and characterizer: system-level laboratory characterization and preliminary on-sky commissioning

Daniel Echeverri, Nemanja Jovanovic, Jacques-Robert Delorme, Yinzi Xin, Tobias Schofield, Luke Finnerty, Jason J. Wang, Jerry Xuan, Dimitri Mawet, Ashley Baker, Randall Bartos, Charlotte Z. Bond, Marta Bryan, Benjamin Calvin, Sylvain Cetre, Greg Doppmann, Michael P Fitzgerald, Jason Fucik, Katelyn Horstman, Ronald Lopez, Emily C Martin, Stefan Martin, Bertrand Mennesson, Evan Morris, Reston Nash, Jackie Pezzato, Michael Porter, Sam Ragland, Mitsuko K. Roberts, Garreth Ruane, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Ben Sappey, Eugene Serabyn, Andrew Skemer, Taylor Venenciano, J. Kent Wallace, Ji Wang, Peter Wizinowich

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Proceedings Volume 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; 121841W (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630518
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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The Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) is a series of upgrades for the Keck II Adaptive Optics system and the NIRSPEC spectrograph to enable diffraction-limited, high-resolution (R>30,000) spectroscopy in the K and L bands. KPIC’s use of single-mode fibers provides a substantial reduction in sky background as well as an extremely stable line-spread function. In this paper we present the results of extensive system-level laboratory testing and characterization of Phase II of the instrument and each of its modes. We also show early on-sky results from the first few months of commissioning with these upgrades along with the next steps for the instrument.

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Daniel Echeverri, Nemanja Jovanovic, Jacques-Robert Delorme, Yinzi Xin, Tobias Schofield, Luke Finnerty, Jason J. Wang, Jerry Xuan, Dimitri Mawet, Ashley Baker, Randall Bartos, Charlotte Z. Bond, Marta Bryan, Benjamin Calvin, Sylvain Cetre, Greg Doppmann, Michael P Fitzgerald, Jason Fucik, Katelyn Horstman, Ronald Lopez, Emily C Martin, Stefan Martin, Bertrand Mennesson, Evan Morris, Reston Nash, Jackie Pezzato, Michael Porter, Sam Ragland, Mitsuko K. Roberts, Garreth Ruane, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Ben Sappey, Eugene Serabyn, Andrew Skemer, Taylor Venenciano, J. Kent Wallace, Ji Wang, and Peter Wizinowich "Phase II of the Keck Planet Imager and characterizer: system-level laboratory characterization and preliminary on-sky commissioning", Proc. SPIE 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 121841W (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630518

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