Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008spie.7014e.117g&link_type=abstract
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. Edited by McLean, Ian S.; Casali, Mark M. Proceedings of the SPI
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
IFS is the Integral Field Spectrograph for SPHERE, a 2nd generation instrument for VLT devoted to the search of exoplanets. To achieve the performances required for the IFS a new device sampling the focal plane has been designed, prototyped and tested in laboratory. This device named BIGRE consists of a system made of two microlens arrays with different focal lengths and thickness equal to the sum of them and precisely aligned each other. Moreover a mask has been deposited on the first array to produce a field stop for each lenslet. Laboratory tests confirmed that specifications and properties of the prototype are met by state of the art on optics microlens manufacturing. To characterize the device, a simulator of IFS has been built in laboratory and the BIGRE properties have been tested in real working conditions, showing that the design of the double array fulfills IFS requirements.
Antichi Jacopo
Beuzit Jean Luc
Bruno Patrick
Cascone Enrico
Claudi Riccardo U.
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