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SPIRou @ CFHT: spectrograph optical design

2012; SPIE; Volume: 8446; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1117/12.926697

1996-756X

Simon Thibault, Patrick Rabou, J.‐F. Donati, Pierre Désaulniers, Xavier Dallaire, Étienne Artigau, F. Pepe, Yoan Micheau, Philippe Vallée, F. Pepe, Greg Barrick, В. А. Решетов, O. Hernandez, Leslie Saddlemyer, John Pazder, L. Parès, René Doyon, X. Delfosse, Driss Kouach, David Loop,

Optical Coatings and Gratings

SPIRou is a near-infrared, echelle spectropolarimeter/velocimeter under design for the 3.6m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The unique scientific capabilities and technical design features are described in the accompanying (eight) papers at this conference. In this paper we focus on the lens design of the optical spectrograph. The SPIROU spectrograph is a near infrared fiber fed double pass cross dispersed spectrograph. The cryogenic spectrograph is connected with the Cassegrain unit by the two science fibers. It is also fed by the fiber coming from the calibration box and RV reference module of the instrument. It includes 2 off-axis parabolas (1 in double pass), an echelle grating, a train of cross disperser prisms (in double pass), a flat folding mirror, a refractive camera and a detector. This paper describes the optical design of the spectrograph unit and estimates the performances. In particular, the echelle grating options are discussed as the goal grating is not available from the market.