FISICA: the Florida image slicer for infrared cosmology and astrophysics

Stephen S. Eikenberry; Richard Elston; Rafael Guzman; Jeff Julian; S. Nicholas Raines; Nicolas Gruel; Glenn Boreman; Paul E. Glenn; C. Gregory Hull-Allen; Jeff Hoffman; Michael Rodgers; Kevin Thompson; Scott Flint; Lovell Comstock; Bruce Myrick

doi:10.1117/12.549150

30 September 2004 FISICA: the Florida image slicer for infrared cosmology and astrophysics

Stephen S. Eikenberry, Richard Elston, Rafael Guzman, Jeff Julian, S. Nicholas Raines, Nicolas Gruel, Glenn Boreman, Paul E. Glenn, C. Gregory Hull-Allen, Jeff Hoffman, Michael Rodgers, Kevin Thompson, Scott Flint, Lovell Comstock, Bruce Myrick

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Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549150
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

We report on the design and status of the Florida Image Slicer for Infrared Cosmology and Astrophysics (FISICA) - a fully-cryogenic all-reflective image-slicing integral field unit for the FLAMINGOS near-infrared spectrograph. Designed to accept input beams near f/15, FISICA with FLAMINGOS provides R~1300 spectra over a 16x33-arcsec field-of-view on the Cassegrain f/15 focus of the KPNO 4-meter telescope, or a 6x12-arcsec field-of-view on the Nasmyth or Bent Cassegrain foci of the Gran Telescopio Canarias 10.4-meter telescope. FISICA accomplishes this using three sets of “monolithic” powered mirror arrays, each with 22 mirrored surfaces cut into a single piece of aluminum. We review the optical and opto-mechanical design and fabrication of FISICA, as well as laboratory test results for FISICA integrated with the FLAMINGOS instrument. We also discuss plans for first-light observations on the KPNO 4-meter telescope in July 2004.

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Stephen S. Eikenberry, Richard Elston, Rafael Guzman, Jeff Julian, S. Nicholas Raines, Nicolas Gruel, Glenn Boreman, Paul E. Glenn, C. Gregory Hull-Allen, Jeff Hoffman, Michael Rodgers, Kevin Thompson, Scott Flint, Lovell Comstock, and Bruce Myrick "FISICA: the Florida image slicer for infrared cosmology and astrophysics", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549150

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