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Optical design of FRIDA, the integral-field spectrograph and imager for the AO system of the Gran Telescopio CanariasFormat | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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Paper Abstract
FRIDA (inFRared Imager and Dissector for the Adaptive optics system of the Gran Telescopio Canarias) has been
designed as a diffraction limited instrument that will offer broad and narrow band imaging and integral field
spectroscopy (IFS) capabilities with low, intermediate and high spectral resolutions to operate in the wavelength range
0.9 - 2.5 μm. The integral field unit is based on a monolithic image slicer based on the University of Florida FISICA.
Both, the imaging mode and IFS observing modes will use the same Rockwell 2K×2K detector. FRIDA will be based at
a Nasmyth focus of GTC, behind the GTCAO system. The FRIDA optical design, stray light analysis, tolerance analysis
and manufacturing feasibility are described in this contribution.
Paper Details
Date Published: 9 July 2008
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, 70146D (9 July 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.788024
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7014:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II
Ian S. McLean; Mark M. Casali, Editor(s)
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, 70146D (9 July 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.788024
Show Author Affiliations
Salvador Cuevas, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Stephen S. Eikenberry, Univ. of Florida (United States)
Beatriz Sánchez, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Oscar Chapa, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Carlos Espejo, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Stephen S. Eikenberry, Univ. of Florida (United States)
Beatriz Sánchez, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Oscar Chapa, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Carlos Espejo, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Rubén Flores-Meza, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Gerardo Lara, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Luis C Álvarez, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Carolina Keiman, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Gerardo Lara, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Luis C Álvarez, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Carolina Keiman, Instituto de Astronomía, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7014:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II
Ian S. McLean; Mark M. Casali, Editor(s)
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