Design and testing of a cryogenic image slicing IFU for UKIRT and NGST

Martyn Wells; Peter R. Hastings; Suzanne K. Ramsay-Howat

doi:10.1117/12.395440

16 August 2000 Design and testing of a cryogenic image slicing IFU for UKIRT and NGST

Martyn Wells, Peter R. Hastings, Suzanne K. Ramsay-Howat

Proceedings Volume 4008, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395440
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

We present her the opto-mechanical design of an image slicer with reference to designs for a deployable IFU for UIST and two mid-IR IFUs for NGST. Particular attention is paid to how the design achieves a number of goals required of an IFU working in an astronomical IR instrument.

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Martyn Wells, Peter R. Hastings, and Suzanne K. Ramsay-Howat "Design and testing of a cryogenic image slicing IFU for UKIRT and NGST", Proc. SPIE 4008, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, (16 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395440

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