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22 July 2016 A rubidium traced white-light etalon calibrator for MAROON-X
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We report on the construction and testing of a vacuum-gap Fabry-Perot etalon calibrator for high precision radial velocity spectrographs. The etalon is referenced against hyper fine transitions of rubidium to provide a precise wavelength calibrator for MAROON-X, a new fiber-fed, red-optical, high-precision radial-velocity spectrograph currently under construction for one of the twin 6.5m Magellan Telescopes in Chile. We demonstrate a turnkey system, ready to be installed at any current and next generation radial velocity spectrograph that requires calibration over a wide spectral band-pass. Uncertainties in the position of one etalon line are at the 10 cm s-1 level in individual measurements taken at 4 Hz. Our long-term stability is mainly limited by aging effects of the spacer material Zerodur, which imprints a 12 cm s-1 daily drift. However, as the etalon position is traced by the rubidium reference with a precision of <3 cm s-1 for integration times longer than 10s, we can fully account for this effect at the RV data reduction level.
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Julian Stürmer, Andreas Seifahrt, Christian Schwab, and Jacob L. Bean "A rubidium traced white-light etalon calibrator for MAROON-X", Proc. SPIE 9912, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 991229 (22 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232865
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KEYWORDS
Fabry–Perot interferometers

Rubidium

Rubidium

Calibration

Spectrographs

Confocal microscopy

Zerodur

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