Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003spie.4842..375t&link_type=abstract
Specialized Optical Developments in Astronomy. Edited by Atad-Ettedgui, Eli; D'Odorico, Sandro. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
SPIFFI is the near-infrared integral field spectrograph of the SINFONI VLT instrument. SPIFFI uses an image slicer with plane mirrors as its integral field unit. The integral field unit consists of two stacks of mirrors, each with 32 mirrors, rearranging a two-dimensional field-of-view of 32 x 32 pixels into a one-dimensional pseudo slit, which is fed into a long-slit spectrograph. The image slicer is constructed solely from Zerodur and is operated at a cryogenic temperature of 77 Kelvin. Only optical contacting is used for the assembly of the individual slicer mirrors and the image slicer on its base-plate. The special slicer mount holds the image slicer stress-free and compensates for the different thermal coefficients of expansion of the Zerodur image slicer and the Aluminium mount. Tests at room and cryogenic temperatures show the performance of the image slicer, the durability of the optical contacting technique, and the accuracy of the slicer mount.
Abuter Roberto
Eisenhauer Frank
Iserlohe Christof
Roehrle Claudia
Schreiber Juergen
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