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WatSen: Design and testing of a prototype mid-IR spectrometer and microscope package for Mars exploration

We have designed and built a compact breadboard prototype instrument called WatSen: a combined ATR mid-IR spectrometer, fixed-focus microscope, and humidity sensor. The instrument package is enclosed in a rugged cylindrical casing only 26mm…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-14 Stephen D. Wolters , Jon K. Hagene , Arnt T. Sund , Axel Bohman , William Guthery , Bjornar T. Sund , Axel Hagermann , Tim Tomkinson , Jens Romstedt , Geraint H. Morgan , Monica M. Grady

The Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for Subaru Telescope

Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) is the first near-infrared instrument with a wide field of view capable of acquiring spectra simultaneously from up to 400 objects. It has been developed as a common-use instrument for the F/2…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-17 Masahiko Kimura , Toshinori Maihara , Fumihide Iwamuro , Masayuki Akiyama , Naoyuki Tamura , Gavin B. Dalton , Naruhisa Takato , Philip Tait , Kouji Ohta , Shigeru Eto , Daisaku Mochida , Brian Elms , Kaori Kawate , Tomio Kurakami , Yuuki Moritani , Junichi Noumaru , Norio Ohshima , Masanao Sumiyoshi , Kiyoto Yabe , Jurek Brzeski , Tony Farrell , Gabriella Frost , Peter R. Gillingham , Roger Haynes , Anna M. Moore , Rolf Muller , Scott Smedley , Greg Smith , David G. Bonfield , Charles B. Brooks , Alan R. Holmes , Emma Curtis Lake , Hanshin Lee , Ian J. Lewis , Tim R. Froud , Ian A. Tosh , Guy F. Woodhouse , Colin Blackburn , Nigel Dipper , Graham Murray , Ray Sharples , David J. Robertson

Integrated Filterbank for DESHIMA: A Submillimeter Imaging Spectrograph Based on Superconducting Resonators

An integrated filterbank (IFB) in combination with microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs), both based on superconducting resonators, could be used to make broadband submillimeter imaging spectrographs that are compact and flexible.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 A. Endo , P. van der Werf , R. M. J. Janssen , P. J. de Visser , T. M. Klapwijk , J. J. A. Baselmans , L. Ferrari , A. M. Baryshev , S. J. C. Yates

Euclid. III. The NISP Instrument

The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) on board the Euclid satellite provides multiband photometry and R>=450 slitless grism spectroscopy in the 950-2020nm wavelength range. In this reference article we illuminate the…

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Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , J. -G. Cuby , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , P. Franzetti , S. Galeotta , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , L. Guzzo , M. Hailey , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , I. Hook , P. Hudelot , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , V. Lindholm , J. Lorenzo Alvarez , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , J. Martignac , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , T. Nutma , K. Paech , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Refregier , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , H. J. A. Rottgering , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , M. Sauvage , R. Scaramella , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , S. Serrano , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , D. Vibert , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca , P. N. Appleton , C. Baccigalupi , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , A. Boucaud , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , P. Casenove , M. Crocce , G. De Lucia , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , F. Finelli , K. George , J. Gracia-Carpio , S. Ilić , P. Liebing , C. Liu , G. Mainetti , S. Marcin , M. Martinelli , P. W. 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Kova{č}ić , S. Kruk , A. M. C. Le Brun , T. I. Liaudat , A. Montoro , A. Mora , C. Murray , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , M. Radovich , E. Sarpa , E. Tommasi , A. Viitanen , J. Lesgourgues , M. E. Levi , J. Martín-Fleitas

FIR/submm spectroscopy with Herschel: first results from the VNGS and H-ATLAS surveys

The FIR/submm window is one of the least-studied regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, yet this wavelength range is absolutely crucial for understanding the physical processes and properties of the ISM in galaxies. The advent of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-14 Maarten Baes , Jacopo Fritz , Naseem Rangwala , Pasquale Panuzzo , Christine D. Wilson , Steve Eales , Ivan Valtchanov , the VNGS Consortium , the H-ATLAS Consortium

The Development of WIFIS: a Wide Integral Field Infrared Spectrograph

We present the current results from the development of a wide integral field infrared spectrograph (WIFIS). WIFIS offers an unprecedented combination of etendue and spectral resolving power for seeing-limited, integral field observations in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Suresh Sivanandam , Richard C. Y. Chou , Dae-Sik Moon , Ke Ma , Maxwell Millar-Blanchaer , Stephen S. Eikenberry , Moo-Young Chun , Sang Chul Kim , Steven N. Raines , Joshua Eisner

Submillimeter and Far-InfraRed Experiment (SAFIRE): A PI class instrument for SOFIA

SAFIRE is a versatile imaging Fabry-Perot spectrograph covering 145 to 655 microns, with spectral resolving powers ranging over 5-10,000. Selected as a "PI" instrument for the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 R. A. Shafer , S. H. Moseley, , P. A. R. Ade , D. J. Benford , G. Bjoraker , E. Dwek , D. A. Neufeld , F. Pajot , T. G. Phillips , G. J. Stacey

The Fibre Resolved opticAl and Near-ultraviolet Czerny-Turner Imaging Spectropolarimeter (FRANCIS)

The solar physics community is entering a golden era that is ripe with next-generation ground- and space-based facilities. With ever-increasing resolving power stemming from the newest observational telescopes, it becomes more challenging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-04 D. B. Jess , S. D. T. Grant , W. Bate , J. Liu , S. Jafarzadeh , P. H. Keys , L. E. A. Vieira , A. Dal Lago , F. L. Guarnieri , D. J. Christian , D. Gilliam , D. Banerjee

The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: photometric precision and ghost analysis

The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is a first-light instrument for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) that will be used to sample the corrected adaptive optics field by NFIRAOS with a near-infrared (0.8 - 2.4 $\mu$m) imaging camera and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-24 Nils Rundquist , Gregory Walth , Shelley A. Wright , Ryuji Suzuki , Tuan Do , Edward L. Chapin , Eric Chisholm , Jennifer Dunn , Yutaka Hayano , Chris Johnson , James E. Larkin , Reed L. Riddle , Matthias Schoeck , Ji Man Sohn

Infrared super-resolution wide-field microscopy using sum-frequency generation

Super-resolution microscopy in the visible is an established powerful tool in several disciplines. In the infrared (IR) spectral range, however, no comparable schemes have been demonstrated to date. In this work, we experimentally…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-13 Richarda Niemann , Sören Wasserroth , Guanyu Lu , Sandy Gewinner , Marco De Pas , Wieland Schöllkopf , Joshua D. Caldwell , Martin Wolf , Alexander Paarmann

VSI: the VLTI spectro-imager

The VLTI Spectro Imager (VSI) was proposed as a second-generation instrument of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer providing the ESO community with spectrally-resolved, near-infrared images at angular resolutions down to 1.1…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Malbet , D. Buscher , G. Weigelt , P. Garcia , M. Gai , D. Lorenzetti , J. Surdej , J. Hron , R. Neuhaeuser , P. Kern , L. Jocou , J. -P. Berger , O. Absil , U. Beckmann , L. Corcione , G. Duvert , M. Filho , P. Labeye , E. Le Coarer , G. Li Causi , J. Lima , K. Perraut , E. Tatulli , E. Thiebaut , J. Young , G. Zins , A. Amorim , B. Aringer , T. Beckert , M. Benisty , X. Bonfils , A. Cabral , A. Chelli , O. Chesneau , A. Chiavassa , R. Corradi , M. de Becker , A. Delboulbe , G. Duchene , T. Forveille , C. Haniff , E. Herwats , K. -H. Hofmann , J. -B. Le Bouquin , S. Ligori , D. Loreggia , A. Marconi , A. Moitinho , B. Nisini , P. -O. Petrucci , J. Rebordao , R. Speziali , L. Testi , F. Vitali

Toward a numerical deshaker for PFS

The Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) onboard Mars Express (MEx) is the instrument with the highest spectral resolution observing Mars from orbit since January 2004. It permits studying the atmospheric structure, major and minor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-19 F. Schmidt , I. Shatalina , M. Kowalski , N. Gac , B. Saggin , M. Giuranna

Sensitivity and Performance of LBTI/NOMIC Spectroscopy: Prospects for 10- and 30-meter class Mid-IR Exoplanet Science

Long wavelength infrared (8-13 $\mu$m) spectroscopy is invaluable for detecting molecular features in the atmospheres of gas giant and terrestrial exoplanets. The nulling-optimized mid-infrared camera (NOMIC) on the Large Binocular…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-08 Brittany E. Miles , Steve Ertel , Kevin Wagner , Daniel Apai

Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI) -- Early On-Orbit Results

The Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI) is a single detector, gamma-ray spectrometer designed to space-qualify the new scintillation detector material europium-doped strontium iodide (SrI2:Eu) and new silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-29 Lee J. Mitchell , Bernard F. Phlips , J. Eric Grove , Theodore Finne , Mary Johnson-Rambert , W. Neil Johnson

The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope -- II. Wide Field Slitless Spectroscopy

We present the wide field slitless spectroscopy mode of the NIRISS instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. This mode employs two orthogonal low-resolution (resolving power $\approx 150$) grisms in combination with a set of six…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-09 Chris J. Willott , René Doyon , Loic Albert , Gabriel B. Brammer , William V. Dixon , Koraljka Muzic , Swara Ravindranath , Aleks Scholz , Roberto Abraham , Étienne Artigau , Maruša Bradač , Paul Goudfrooij , John B. Hutchings , Kartheik G. Iyer , Ray Jayawardhana , Stephanie LaMassa , Nicholas Martis , Michael R. Meyer , Takahiro Morishita , Lamiya Mowla , Adam Muzzin , Gaël Noirot , Camilla Pacifici , Neil Rowlands , Ghassan Sarrouh , Marcin Sawicki , Joanna M. Taylor , Kevin Volk , Johannes Zabl

Gemini Planet Imager integration to the Gemini South telescope software environment

The Gemini Planet Imager is an extreme AO instrument with an integral field spectrograph (IFS) operating in Y, J, H, and K bands. Both the Gemini telescope and the GPI instrument are very complex systems. Our goal is that the combined…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Fredrik T. Rantakyrö , Andrew Cardwell , Jeffrey Chilcote , Jennifer Dunn , Stephen Goodsell , Pascale Hibon , Bruce Macintosh , Carlos Quiroz , Marshall D. Perrin , Naru Sadakuni , Leslie Saddlemyer , Dmitry Savransky , Andrew Serio , Claudia Winge , Ramon Galvez , Gaston Gausachs , Kayla Hardie , Markus Hartung , Javier Luhrs , Lisa Poyneer , Sandrine Thomas

Euclid Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer instrument flight model presentation, performance and ground calibration results summary

The NISP (Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer) is one of the two Euclid instruments. It operates in the near-IR spectral region (950-2020nm) as a photometer and spectrometer. The instrument is composed of: a cold (135 K)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-20 T. Maciaszek , A. Ealet , W. Gillard , K. Jahnke , R. Barbier , E. Prieto , W. Bon , A. Bonnefoi , A. Caillat , M. Carle , A. Costille , F. Ducret , C. Fabron , B. Foulon , J. L. Gimenez , E. Grassi , M. Jaquet , D. Le Mignant , L. Martin , T. Pamplona , P. Sanchez , J. C. Clémens , L. Caillat , M. Niclas , A. Secroun , B. Kubik , S. Ferriol , M. Berthe , J. C. Barrière , J. Fontigne , L. Valenziano , N. Auricchio , P. Battaglia , A. De Rosa , R. Farinelli , E. Franceschi , E. Medinaceli , G. Morgante , F. Sortino , M. Trifoglio , L. Corcione , V. Capobianco , S. Ligori , S. Dusini , E. Borsato , F. Dal Corso , F. Laudisio , C. Sirignano , L. Stanco , S. Ventura , L. Patrizii , T. Chiarusi , F. Fornari , F. Giacomini , A. Margiotta , N. Mauri , L. Pasqualini , G. Sirri , M. Spurio , M. Tenti , R. Travaglini , C. Bonoli , F. Bortoletto , A. Balestra , M. D'Alessandro , F. Grupp , D. Penka , J. Steinwagner , F. Hormuth , M. Schirmer , G. Seidel , C. Padilla , R. Casas , I. Lloro , R. Toledo-Moreo , J. Gomez , C. Colodro-Conde , D. Lizán , J. J. Diaz , P. B. Lilje , M. I. Andersen , J. Andersen , A. Sørensen , A. Hornstrup , N. C. Jessen , C. Thizy , W. Holmes , M. Pniel , M. Jhabvala , S. Pravdo , M. Seiffert , A. Waczynski , R. J. Laureijs , G. Racca , J. C. Salvignol , T. Boenke , P. Strada , Y. Mellier

The Potsdam MRS Spectrograph - heritage of MUSE and the impact of cross-innovation in the process of technology transfer

After having demonstrated that an IFU, attached to a microscope rather than to a telescope, is capable of differentiating complex organic tissue with spatially resolved Raman spectroscopy, we have launched a clinical validation program that…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 Benito Moralejo , Martin M. Roth , Philippe Godefroy , Thomas Fechner , Svend M. Bauer , Elmar Schmälzlin , Andreas Kelz , Roger Haynes

ASTRO-F/FIS Observing Simulation: Detection Limits for Point Sources

We describe the observing simulation software FISVI (FIS Virtual Instrument), which was developed for the Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) that will be on the Japanese infrared astronomy mission ASTRO-F. The FISVI has two purposes: one is to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-26 Woong-Seob Jeong , Soojong Pak , Hyung Mok Lee , Takao Nakagawa , Jungjoo Sohn , Insun Ahn , Issei Yamamura , Masaru Watanabe , Mitsunobu Kawada , Hiroshi Shibai

Ultra-broadband room-temperature Fourier transform spectrometer with watt-level power consumption

Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has matured into a versatile technique with relevance for environmental monitoring, pharmaceutical research, and food safety applications. However, compared to other spectroscopic methods, it…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-04 Jakub Mnich , Johannes Kunsch , Matthias Budden , Thomas Gebert , Marco Schossig , Jarosław Sotor , Łukasz A. Sterczewski