SCALES for Keck: Optical Design [IMA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.11736


SCALES is a high-contrast, infrared coronagraphic imager and integral field spectrograph (IFS) to be deployed behind the W.M. Keck Observatory adaptive optics system. A reflective optical design allows diffraction-limited imaging over a large wavelength range (1.0 – 5.0 microns). A microlens array-based IFS coupled with a lenslet reformatter (“slenslit”) allow spectroscopy at both low (R = 35 – 250) and moderate (R = 2000 – 6500) spectral resolutions. The large wavelength range, diffraction-limited performance, high contrast coronagraphy and cryogenic operation present a unique optical design challenge. We present the full SCALES optical design, including performance modeling and analysis and manufacturing.

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R. Kupke, R. Stelter, A. Hasan, et. al.
Fri, 26 Aug 22
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Comments: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2022