A prototype cryogenic pick-off arm for multi-IFU spectrometers

S. Ramsay Howat; D. J. Robertson; A. Haslehurst; J. Schmoll; P. Parr Burman; R. Sharples; C. Dickson; P. Hastings; D. Lee; P. Luke; P. McMahon; N. Phillips; M. Wells; C. Cunningham; N. Dipper; R. Aspey

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A prototype cryogenic pick-off arm for multi-IFU spectrometers

S. Ramsay Howat^*, D. J. Robertson, A. Haslehurst, J. Schmoll, P. Parr Burman, R. Sharples, C. Dickson, P. Hastings, D. Lee, P. Luke, P. McMahon, N. Phillips, M. Wells, C. Cunningham, N. Dipper, R. Aspey

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Abstract

A prototype cryogenic 'pick-off arm for selecting a small field from the focal plane of a large telescope has been built and tested against a set of scientific requirements representative of those for proposed multi-integral-field spectrographs. In this paper, we present the design of the arm and the results of the cryogenic testing. Since the proposed instruments will require tens of arms, perhaps hundreds, we have also considered the industrialisation of the manufacture and assembly of the arms. We briefly discuss this aspect of the design and the possibilities for future instrumentation on Extremely Large Telescopes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1371-1382
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5492
Issue number	PART 3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551545
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 21 2004 → Jun 25 2004

Keywords

Instrumentation: cryogenic
Instrumentation: near-infrared
Materials: carbon fibre reinforced plastic
Materials: graphite epoxy
Multi-integral field units
Pick-off system

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Howat, S. R., Robertson, D. J., Haslehurst, A., Schmoll, J., Burman, P. P., Sharples, R., Dickson, C., Hastings, P., Lee, D., Luke, P., McMahon, P., Phillips, N., Wells, M., Cunningham, C., Dipper, N., & Aspey, R. (2004). A prototype cryogenic pick-off arm for multi-IFU spectrometers. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5492(PART 3), 1371-1382. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551545

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