3D: a new generation imaging spectrometer

Alfred Krabbe; Niranjan A. Thatte; Harald Kroker; Lowell E. Tacconi-Garman; Matthias Tecza

doi:10.1117/12.269006

21 March 1997 3D: a new generation imaging spectrometer

Alfred Krabbe, Niranjan A. Thatte, Harald Kroker, Lowell E. Tacconi-Garman, Matthias Tecza

Proceedings Volume 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269006
Event: Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, 1996, Landskrona/Hven, Sweden

Abstract

MPE has developed 3D, a new type of a highly sensitive near- infrared integral field spectrometer. It has been designed to multiplex spectral as well as spatial information thus obtaining a full data cube in a single integration. At a spectral resolution between 1000 and 2000 and a field of view of 16 by 16 pixels, optimized for subarcsecond spatial resolution imaging spectroscopy, it has a much higher efficiency compared to conventional techniques. Outfitting one of the VLTs with a near-IR 3D type instrument will provide a powerful tool for diffraction-limited integral field spectroscopic research, in particular on faint high-z galaxies in the early universe. The basic design, recent upgrades as well as plans for a possible VLT-3D instrument are presented.

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Alfred Krabbe, Niranjan A. Thatte, Harald Kroker, Lowell E. Tacconi-Garman, and Matthias Tecza "3D: a new generation imaging spectrometer", Proc. SPIE 2871, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, (21 March 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269006

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