SINFONI: A near infrared AO assisted integral field spectrometer for the VLT

被引：31

作者：

Thatte, N ^{[1
]}

Tecza, M ^{[1
]}

Eisenhauer, F ^{[1
]}

Mengel, S ^{[1
]}

Krabbe, A ^{[1
]}

Pak, S ^{[1
]}

Genzel, R ^{[1
]}

Bonaccini, D ^{[1
]}

Emsellem, E ^{[1
]}

Rigaut, F ^{[1
]}

Delabre, B ^{[1
]}

Monnet, G ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany

来源：

ADAPTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, PARTS 1 AND 2 | 1998年 / 3353卷

关键词：

spectroscopy; diffraction limit; near infrared; integral field; adaptive optics;

D O I：

10.1117/12.321638

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

SINFONI, the SINgle Faint Object Near-infrared Investigation, is an instrument for the Very Large Telescope (VLT), designed to provide spectroscopy at the telescope diffraction limit in the near-infrared. This unique capability is achieved by combining two state-of-the-art developments, an integral field spectrometer (SPIFFI) and a curvature sensor based adaptive optics system (MACAO). SINFONI is a collaborative effort by the Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO). SINFONI will operate at the Cassegrain focus of Unit Telescope 1 (UT1) of the VLT, in conjunction with a Laser Guide Star (LGS) for almost complete sky coverage. It will provide integral field data cubes, with a hexagonal field of view ranging from similar to 1 " to 8 ", with corresponding pixel sizes of 0." 03 to 0." 25. The field of view contains 1024 spatial pixels, with similar to 100% filling factor in the focal plane. Spectra are obtained for each of the 1024 pixels. Spectral resolutions of R=2000 to R=4500 will be available, covering the J, H and K spectral windows. The high spectral resolution made will allow software OH suppression in the J and H bands. The detector is a 1024(2) HgCdTe HAWAII array from Rockwell. Spectroscopy of faint objects (m(K) < 21 and m(H) < 22) will be easily feasible.

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页码：704 / 715

页数：12