New technological developments in integral field spectroscopy

S. Vives; E. Prieto; Y. Salaun; P. Godefroy

doi:10.1117/12.789576

23 July 2008 New technological developments in integral field spectroscopy

S. Vives, E. Prieto, Y. Salaun, P. Godefroy

Proceedings Volume 7018, Advanced Optical and Mechanical Technologies in Telescopes and Instrumentation; 70182N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789576
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS) provides a spectrum simultaneously for each spatial sample of an extended two-dimensional field. Basically, the IFS is located in a telescope focal plane and is composed by an Integral Field Unit (IFU or image slicer) and a spectrograph. The IFU acts as a coupler between the telescope and the spectrograph by reformatting optically a rectangular field into a quasi-continuous pseudo-slit located at the entrance focal plane of the spectrograph. The Integral Field Units (IFUs) are presently limited either by their cost/risk (when manufactured with classical glass polishing techniques) or by their performances (when constituted by metallic components). Recent innovative methods, developed conjointly by LAM (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France) and WinLight Optics (Marseille, France), allow reaching high performances (accurate roughness, sharp edges, surface form, etc.) with standard glass manufactured components while saving costs and time by an order of magnitude compared with classical techniques. Last developments (in term of design and manufacturing) and applications are presented in details in this article.

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S. Vives, E. Prieto, Y. Salaun, and P. Godefroy "New technological developments in integral field spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 7018, Advanced Optical and Mechanical Technologies in Telescopes and Instrumentation, 70182N (23 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789576

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