Merging light beams from the 4 VLT telescopes

Felix Gracia Temich; José Luis Rasilla; Sergio Salata; Francesco Pepe; Gerardo Avila; Denis Mégevand; Rafael Rebolo; Marco Riva

doi:10.1117/12.2312032

10 July 2018 Merging light beams from the 4 VLT telescopes

Felix Gracia Temich, José Luis Rasilla, Sergio Salata, Francesco Pepe, Gerardo Avila, Denis Mégevand, Rafael Rebolo, Marco Riva

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Proceedings Volume 10706, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation III; 1070628 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312032
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

ESPRESSO is a fiber feed ultrastable High Resolution Spectrograph designed to work in the Combined-Coudé focus of Very Large Telescopes (VLT). A high resolution (R~100000) and an ultra-high resolution (R~220000) mode will be available to collect the light coming of one VLT telescope. In addition, ESPRESSO has an observing mode which allows to collect light of 2, 3 or 4 VLT units. This mode can feed simultaneously the spectrograph using a 4x1 fiber combiner. In the combiner, the light from 4 octagonal fibers will be mixed when projected onto a square fiber, as a double scrambler device. Here it is presented the design, manufacture, integration and tests for the 4x1 combiner of the ESPRESSO Fiber Link.

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Felix Gracia Temich, José Luis Rasilla, Sergio Salata, Francesco Pepe, Gerardo Avila, Denis Mégevand, Rafael Rebolo, and Marco Riva "Merging light beams from the 4 VLT telescopes", Proc. SPIE 10706, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation III, 1070628 (10 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312032

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