In this paper we describe the recent advances in the development of new technologies applied in the construction of Integral Field Units (IFUs) at Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica (LNA). Our prototype is the Eucalyptus lenslet IFU constructed for the 1.6m telescope at Pico dos Dias Observatory (OPD), Brazil. This first concept was the basis to build two other IFUs with significantly improved concepts: the SOAR Integral Field Unit Spectrograph (SIFS) and FRODOSPEC. All the new technologies used in the construction of these IFUs are described in detail in this paper and can be replicated in similar instruments with optical fibers, with considerable advantages over the traditional technologies.

Date Published: 7 August 2014
PDF: 15 pages
Proc. SPIE 9151, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation, 91514F (7 August 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2056647

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9151:
Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation
Ramón Navarro; Colin R. Cunningham; Allison A. Barto, Editor(s)