PIONIER is a 4-telescope visitor instrument for the VLTI, planned to see its first fringes in 2010. It combines four ATs or four UTs using a pairwise ABCD integrated optics combiner that can also be used in scanning mode. It provides low spectral resolution in H and K band. PIONIER is designed for imaging with a specific emphasis on fast fringe recording to allow closure-phases and visibilities to be precisely measured. In this work we provide the detailed description of the instrument and present its updated status.
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@article{arxiv.1008.5352,
title = {PIONIER: a visitor instrument for the VLTI},
author = {J. -P. Berger and G. Zins and B. Lazareff and J. -B. Lebouquin and L. Jocou and P. Kern and R. Millan-Gabet and W. Traub and P. Haguenauer and O. Absil and J. -C. Augereau and M. Benisty and N. Blind and X. Bonfils and A. Delboulbe and P. Feautrier and M. Germain and D. Gillier and P. Gitton and M. Kiekebusch and J. Knudstrup and J. -L Lizon and Y. Magnard and F. Malbet and D. Maurel and F. Menard and M. Micallef and L. Michaud and S. Morel and T. Moulin and D. Popovic and K. Perraut and P. Rabou and S. Rochat and F. Roussel and A. Roux and E. Stadler and E. Tatulli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.5352},
year = {2015}
}
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Proceedings of SPIE conference Optical and Infrared Interferometry II (Conference 7734) San Diego 2010