Dr. Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco Mancera Profile

Dr. Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco Mancera

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Small laboratory emulator of the far UV imager on board WSO-UV to test the optical performance of the field camera unit FUV channel

Ana Inés Gómez de Castro, Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218132 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630190

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Prisms, UV optics, Imaging spectroscopy, Optical testing, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

SCORPIO: Final design and performance estimates for time-domain astronomy

Massimo Robberto, Peter W. Roming, Alexander van der Horst, María Luisa García-Vargas, Stephen Smee, Stephen Goodsell, Jeffrey Radwick, Thomas Hayward, Morten Andersen, Susan Pope, Ethan Chaffee, Todd Veach, Antonina Brody, Kelly Smith, Ronnie Killough, Kristian Persson, Jason Stange, Amanda Bayless, Rebecca Thibodeaux, Andrew Peterson, Alexa Mathias, Carl Schwendeman, Adam Thornton, Guy Grubbs, Ernesto Verastegui, Thomas Lechner, Manuel Maldonado-Medina, Ana Pérez-Calpena, Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco, Gerardo Veredas, Ruben Diaz, Manuel Lazo, Scot Kleinman, Landon Gelman, Robert Barkhouser, Stephen Hope

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144774 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2568031

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2020 Presentation + Paper

A compact, lightweight and quasi-athermal Optical Bench for iSIM170

Gaizka Murga, Saul González, Ramón Campo, Amaia Zarraoa, Alberto Vizcargüenaga, Rafael Guzman, Aitor Conde, Stuart Davis, Luis Carlos Fernandez, Juan Tomas Hernani, Eider Ocerin, Javier Ojanguren, Iñigo Ojanguren, Eduardo Ugalde, Marta Massimiani, Marcos Ubierna, Marco Truglio, Andrea Peña, Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco

Proceedings Volume 11530, 115300Y (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2575874

KEYWORDS: Optical benches, Imaging systems, Spatial resolution, Satellites, Optics manufacturing, Electronics, Tolerancing, Super resolution, Standards development

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Delivery and integration of MEGARA at GTC: the process of going from laboratory to the telescope

Ana Pérez-Calpena, Marísa-Luisa Luisa García-Vargas, Armando Gil de Paz, África Castillo Morales, Ismael Martínez Delgado, Manuel Maldonado, Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco Mancera, Ainhoa Sánchez, Antonio Verdet, Bertrand Lefort, Sergio Pascual, Andres Curto, Oscar García, Xabier Arrillaga, Ignacio Carrera, Eider Gonzalez, Jesús Gallego, Esperanza Carrasco Licea, Jorge Iglesias-Páramo, Raquel Cedazo

Proceedings Volume 10705, 107050A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311903

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Optical benches, Collimators, Cameras, Control systems, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

MEGARA MOS: Where are my positioners and fibers pointing to?

Ana Pérez-Calpena, Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco Mancera, Pedro Gomez-Alvarez, Ismael Martínez Delgado, África Castillo, Armando Gil de Paz, Xabier Arrillaga, Marísa Luisa García Vargas, Jesús Gallego, Esperanza Carrasco Licea, Jorge Iglesias-Páramo, Raquel Cedazo

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107062C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311925

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Telescopes, Microlens, Spectrographs, Robotics, Manufacturing, Stars, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

MEGARA anti-reflective coatings: theoretical and observed throughput estimations

R. Ortiz, E. Carrasco, G. Páez, O. Pompa, E. Sánchez-Blanco, A. Gil de Paz, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107065H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313976

KEYWORDS: Antireflective coatings, Spectrographs, Prisms, Optical components, Optical coatings, Lawrencium, Reflectivity, Sensors, Molybdenum, Thin film coatings

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

MEGARA, the R=6000-20000 IFU and MOS of GTC

E. Carrasco, A. Gil de Paz, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo, R. Cedazo, M. L. García Vargas, X. Arrillaga, J. L. Avilés, A. Bouquin, J. Carbajo, N. Cardiel, M. A. Carrera, A. Castillo Morales, E. Castillo-Domínguez, S. Esteban San Román, D. Ferrusca, P. Gómez-Álvarez, R. Izazaga-Pérez, B. Lefort, J. A. López Orozco, M. Maldonado, I. Martínez Delgado, I. Morales Durán, E. Mújica, R. Ortiz, G. Páez, S. Pascual, A. Pérez-Calpena, P. Picazo, A. Sánchez-Penim, E. Sánchez-Blanco, S. Tulloch, M. Velázquez, J. Vílchez, J. Zamorano, A. Aguerri, D. Barrado, E. Bertone, A. Cava, C. Catalán-Torrecilla, J. Cenarro, M. Chávez, B. Dullo, C. Eliche, Mi. García, J. García-Rojas, J. Guichard, R. González-Delgado, R. Guzmán, A. Herrero, N. Huélamo, D. Hughes, J. Jiménez-Vicente, C. Kehrig, R. Marino, I. Márquez, J. Masegosa, D. Mayya, J. Méndez-Abreu, M. Mollá, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, M. Peimbert, P. Pérez-González, E. Pérez-Montero, S. Roca-Fàbrega, M. Rodríguez, J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez-Merino, L. Rodríguez-Muñoz, D. Rosa-González, J. Sánchez-Almeida, C. Sánchez Contreras, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, S. Sánchez, A. Sarajedini, S. Silich, S. Simón-Díaz, G. Tenorio-Tagle , E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, S. Torres-Peimbert, I. Trujillo, Y. Tsamis, O. Vega

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070216 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313040

KEYWORDS: Molybdenum, Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Collimators, Telescopes, Sensors, Cameras, Control systems, Lawrencium

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Observing modes for the new SCORPIO imager and spectrograph at Gemini South

Amanda Bayless, Jason Stange, Todd Veach, Antonina Brody, Marísa Luisa García-Vargas, Alexander van der Horst, Ronnie Killough, Manuel Maldonado, Kristian Persson, Susan Pope, Massimo Robberto, Peter Roming, Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco, Kelly Smith

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107023W (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312092

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Imaging spectroscopy, Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Camera shutters, Imaging systems, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

First scientific observations with MEGARA at GTC

A. Gil de Paz, E. Carrasco, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo, R. Cedazo, M. L. García-Vargas, X. Arrillaga, J. Avilés, A. Bouquin, J. Carbajo, N. Cardiel, M. Carrera, A. Castillo-Morales, E. Castillo-Domínguez, S. Esteban San Román, D. Ferrusca, P. Gómez-Álvarez, R. Izazaga-Pérez, B. Lefort, J. López-Orozco, M. Maldonado, I. Martínez-Delgado, I. Morales-Durán, E. Mujica, G. Páez, S. Pascual, A. Pérez-Calpena, P. Picazo, A. Sánchez-Penim, E. Sánchez-Blanco, S. Tulloch, M. Velázquez, J. Vílchez, J. Zamorano, A. Aguerri, D. Barrado y Navascues, S. Berlanas, E. Bertone, A. Cava, C. Catalán-Torrecilla, J. Cenarro, M. Chávez, B. Dullo, M. García, J. García-Rojas, J. Guichard, R. González-Delgado, R. Guzmán, A. Herrero, N. Huélamo, D. Hughes, J. Jiménez-Vicente, C. Kehrig, R. Marino, I. Márquez, J. Masegosa, D. Mayya, J. Méndez-Abreu, M. Mollá, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, M. Peimbert, P. Pérez-González, E. Pérez-Montero, M. Rodríguez, J. Rodríguez-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez Merino, L. Rodríguez-Muñoz, D. Rosa-González, J. Sánchez-Almeida, C. Sánchez-Contreras, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, S. Sánchez, A. Sarajedini, S. Silich, S. Simón-Díaz, G. Tenorio-Tagle, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, S. Torres-Peimbert, I. Trujillo, Y. Tsamis, O. Vega

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070217 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313299

KEYWORDS: Stars, Galactic astronomy, Optical fibers, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Robotics, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 17 November 2016 Paper

CARMENES: an overview six months after first light

A. Quirrenbach, P. Amado, J. Caballero, R. Mundt, A. Reiners, I. Ribas, W. Seifert, M. Abril, J. Aceituno, F. Alonso-Floriano, H. Anwand-Heerwart, M. Azzaro, F. Bauer, D. Barrado, S. Becerril, V. J. Bejar, D. Benitez, Z. Berdinas, M. Brinkmöller, M. Cardenas, E. Casal, A. Claret, J. Colomé, M. Cortes-Contreras, S. Czesla, M. Doellinger, S. Dreizler, C. Feiz, M. Fernandez, I. Ferro, B. Fuhrmeister, D. Galadi, I. Gallardo, M. Gálvez-Ortiz, A. Garcia-Piquer, R. Garrido, L. Gesa, V. Gómez Galera, J. González Hernández, R. Gonzalez Peinado, U. Grözinger, J. Guàrdia, E. Guenther, E. de Guindos, H.-J. Hagen, A. Hatzes, P. Hauschildt, J. Helmling, T. Henning, D. Hermann, R. Hernández Arabi, L. Hernández Castaño, F. Hernández Hernando, E. Herrero, A. Huber, K. Huber, P. Huke, S. Jeffers, E. de Juan, A. Kaminski, M. Kehr, M. Kim, R. Klein, J. Klüter, M. Kürster, M. Lafarga, L. Lara, A. Lamert, W. Laun, R. Launhardt, U. Lemke, R. Lenzen, M. Llamas, M. Lopez del Fresno, M. López-Puertas, J. López-Santiago, J. Lopez Salas, H. Magan Madinabeitia, U. Mall, H. Mandel, L. Mancini, J. Marin Molina, D. Maroto Fernández, E. Martín, S. Martín-Ruiz, C. Marvin, R. Mathar, E. Mirabet, D. Montes, J. Morales, R. Morales Muñoz, E. Nagel, V. Naranjo, G. Nowak, E. Palle, J. Panduro, V. Passegger, A. Pavlov, S. Pedraz, E. Perez, D. Pérez-Medialdea, M. Perger, M. Pluto, A. Ramón , R. Rebolo, P. Redondo, S. Reffert, S. Reinhart, P. Rhode, H.-W. Rix, F. Rodler, E. Rodríguez, C. Rodríguez López, R. Rohloff, A. Rosich, M Sanchez Carrasco, J. Sanz-Forcada, P. Sarkis, L. Sarmiento, S. Schäfer, J. Schiller, C. Schmidt, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, P. Schöfer, A. Schweitzer, D. Shulyak, E. Solano, O. Stahl, C. Storz, H. Tabernero, M. Tala, L. Tal-Or, R.-G. Ulbrich, G. Veredas, J. I. Vico Linares, F. Vilardell, K. Wagner, J. Winkler, M.-R. Zapatero Osorio, M. Zechmeister, M. Ammler-von Eiff, G. Anglada-Escudé, C. del Burgo, M. Garcia-Vargas, A. Klutsch, J.-L. Lizon, M. Lopez-Morales, A. Ofir, A. Pérez-Calpena, M. A. C. Perryman, E. Sánchez-Blanco , J. B. P. Strachan, J. Stürmer, J. Suárez, T. Trifonov, S. Tulloch, W. Xu

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990812 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231880

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Stars, Calibration, Planets, Telescopes, Observatories, Control systems, Data archive systems, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Lamps

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

MEGARA spectrograph mechanics and opto-mechanics in the AIV phase

Manuel Maldonado-Medina, Ana Pérez-Calpena, María Luisa García Vargas, Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco , Ismael Martínez Delgado, Armando Gil de Paz, Xabier Arrillaga Echaniz, Jesús Gallego Maestro, Esperanza Carrasco Licea, Jorge Iglesias-Páramo, Francisco Sánchez-Moreno

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99088S (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233041

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Optical fibers, Collimators, Prisms, Cameras, Camera shutters, Computer aided design, Molybdenum, Optical benches

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Design and testing of AR coatings for MEGARA optics

R. Ortiz, E. Carrasco, G. Páez, O. Pompa, E. Sanchez-Blanco, A. Gil de Paz, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990886 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232210

KEYWORDS: Optical coatings, Lawrencium, Antireflective coatings, Optical coatings, Chemical elements, Optical components, Spectrographs, Reflectivity, Prisms, Optical design, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

OCTOCAM: a fast multi-channel imager and spectrograph proposed for the Gemini Observatory

A. de Ugarte Postigo, P. Roming, C. Thöne, A. van der Horst, S. Pope, M. L. García Vargas, E. Sánchez-Blanco, M. Maldonado Medina, R. Content, F. Snik, R. Killough, G. Winters, K. Persson, S. Jeffers, A. Riva, A. Bianco, A. Zanutta

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990840 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231862

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Gemini Observatory, Spectroscopes, Sensors, Imaging spectroscopy, Telescopes, Near infrared, James Webb Space Telescope, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

MEGARA, the new intermediate-resolution optical IFU and MOS for GTC: getting ready for the telescope

A. Gil de Paz, E. Carrasco, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo, R. Cedazo, M. L. García Vargas, X. Arrillaga, J. L. Avilés, N. Cardiel, M. A. Carrera, A. Castillo-Morales, E. Castillo-Domínguez, J. de la Cruz García, S. Esteban San Román, D. Ferrusca, P. Gómez-Álvarez, R. Izazaga-Pérez, B. Lefort, J. A. López-Orozco, M. Maldonado, I. Martínez-Delgado, I. Morales Durán, E. Mujica, G. Páez, S. Pascual, A. Pérez-Calpena, P. Picazo, A. Sánchez-Penim, E. Sánchez-Blanco, S. Tulloch, M. Velázquez, J. Vílchez, J. Zamorano, A. Aguerri, D. Barrado y Naváscues, E. Bertone, A. Cava, J. Cenarro, M. Chávez, M. García, J. García-Rojas, J. Guichard, R. González-Delgado, R. Guzmán, A. Herrero, N. Huélamo, D. Hughes, J. Jiménez-Vicente, C. Kehrig, R. Marino, I. Márquez, J. Masegosa, Y. Mayya, J. Méndez-Abreu, M. Mollá, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, M. Peimbert, P. Pérez-González, E. Pérez Montero, M. Rodríguez, J. Rodríguez-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez-Merino, L. Rodríguez-Muñoz, D. Rosa-González, J. Sánchez-Almeida, C. Sánchez Contreras, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, F. M. Sánchez Moreno, S. Sánchez, A. Sarajedini, S. Silich, S. Simón-Díaz, G. Tenorio-Tagle, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, S. Torres-Peimbert, I. Trujillo, Y. Tsamis, O. Vega

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231988

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Molybdenum, Charge-coupled devices, Control systems, Cameras, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Microlens array

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

MEGARA: large pupil element tests and performance

I. Martínez-Delgado, E. Sánchez-Blanco, A. Pérez-Calpena, M. L. García-Vargas, X. M. Maldonado, A. Gil de Paz, E. Carrasco, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo, F. M. Sánchez-Moreno

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99124D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233298

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Spectrographs, Lawrencium, Spectral resolution, Telescopes, Holograms, Optical fibers, Astronomical imaging, Prisms, Molybdenum, Autocollimators

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

MEGARA: high-precision alignment system for gluing fibers and microlenses

A. Pérez-Calpena, E. Sánchez-Blanco, I. Martínez-Delgado, M. L. García-Vargas, X. Arrillaga, H. Aube, A. Gil de Paz, M. Maldonado, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo, E. Carrasco, F. M. Sánchez-Moreno, J. Vilchez, R. Cedazo

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99125L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232620

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Microlens, Telescopes, Microlens array, Spectrographs, Robotics, Molybdenum, Tolerancing, Manufacturing, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

MEGARA fiber bundles

A. Pérez-Calpena, María Luisa García-Vargas, X. Arrillaga, A. Gil de Paz, E. Sánchez-Blanco, I. Martínez-Delgado, M. Carrera, J. Gallego, E. Carrasco, F. Sánchez-Moreno, J. Iglesias-Páramo

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91475N (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055893

KEYWORDS: Molybdenum, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Sensors, Device simulation, Aspheric lenses, Image quality, Fiber characterization, Collimators, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2014 Paper

CARMENES instrument overview

A. Quirrenbach, P. Amado, J. Caballero, R. Mundt, A. Reiners, I. Ribas, W. Seifert, M. Abril, J. Aceituno, F. J. Alonso-Floriano, M. Ammler-von Eiff, R. Antona Jiménez, H. Anwand-Heerwart, M. Azzaro, F. Bauer, D. Barrado, S. Becerril, V. J. Béjar, D. Benítez, Z. Berdiñas, M. Cárdenas, E. Casal, A. Claret, J. Colomé, M. Cortés-Contreras, S. Czesla, M. Doellinger, S. Dreizler, C. Feiz, M. Fernández, D. Galadí, M. Gálvez-Ortiz, A. García-Piquer, M. García-Vargas, R. Garrido, L. Gesa, V. Gómez Galera, E. González Álvarez, J. González Hernández, U. Grözinger, J. Guàrdia, E. Guenther, E. de Guindos, J. Gutiérrez-Soto, H.-J. Hagen, A. Hatzes, P. Hauschildt, J. Helmling, T. Henning, D. Hermann, L. Hernández Castaño, E. Herrero, D. Hidalgo, G. Holgado, A. Huber, K. Huber, S. Jeffers, V. Joergens, E. de Juan, M. Kehr, R. Klein, M. Kürster, A. Lamert, S. Lalitha, W. Laun, U. Lemke, R. Lenzen, Mauro López del Fresno, B. López Martí, J. López-Santiago, U. Mall, H. Mandel, E. Martín, S. Martín-Ruiz, H. Martínez-Rodríguez, C. Marvin, R. Mathar, E. Mirabet, D. Montes, R. Morales Muñoz, A. Moya, V. Naranjo, A. Ofir, R. Oreiro, E. Pallé, J. Panduro, V.-M. Passegger, A. Pérez-Calpena, D. Pérez Medialdea, M. Perger, M. Pluto, A. Ramón, R. Rebolo, P. Redondo, S. Reffert, S. Reinhardt, P. Rhode, H.-W. Rix, F. Rodler, E. Rodríguez, C. Rodríguez-López, E. Rodríguez-Pérez, R.-R. Rohloff, A. Rosich, E. Sánchez-Blanco, M. Sánchez Carrasco, J. Sanz-Forcada, L. Sarmiento, S. Schäfer, J. Schiller, C. Schmidt, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, E. Solano, O. Stahl, C. Storz, J. Stürmer, J. Suárez, R. Ulbrich, G. Veredas, K. Wagner, J. Winkler, M. Zapatero Osorio, M. Zechmeister, F. Abellán de Paco, G. Anglada-Escudé, C. del Burgo, A. Klutsch, J. Lizon, M. López-Morales, J. Morales, M. A. C. Perryman, S. Tulloch, W. Xu

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91471F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056453

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Optical fibers, Lamps, Stars, Telescopes, Calibration, Planets, Sensors, Visible radiation, Exoplanets

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This paper gives an overview of the CARMENES instrument and of the survey that will be carried out with it during the first years of operation. CARMENES (Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs) is a next-generation radial-velocity instrument under construction for the 3.5m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory by a consortium of eleven Spanish and German institutions. The scientific goal of the project is conducting a 600-night exoplanet survey targeting ~ 300 M dwarfs with the completed instrument. The CARMENES instrument consists of two separate echelle spectrographs covering the wavelength range from 0.55 to 1.7 μm at a spectral resolution of R = 82,000, fed by fibers from the Cassegrain focus of the telescope. The spectrographs are housed in vacuum tanks providing the temperature-stabilized environments necessary to enable a 1 m/s radial velocity precision employing a simultaneous calibration with an emission-line lamp or with a Fabry-Perot etalon. For mid-M to late-M spectral types, the wavelength range around 1.0 μm (Y band) is the most important wavelength region for radial velocity work. Therefore, the efficiency of CARMENES has been optimized in this range. The CARMENES instrument consists of two spectrographs, one equipped with a 4k x 4k pixel CCD for the range 0.55 - 1.05 μm, and one with two 2k x 2k pixel HgCdTe detectors for the range from 0.95 - 1.7μm. Each spectrograph will be coupled to the 3.5m telescope with two optical fibers, one for the target, and one for calibration light. The front end contains a dichroic beam splitter and an atmospheric dispersion corrector, to feed the light into the fibers leading to the spectrographs. Guiding is performed with a separate camera; on-axis as well as off-axis guiding modes are implemented. Fibers with octagonal cross-section are employed to ensure good stability of the output in the presence of residual guiding errors. The fibers are continually actuated to reduce modal noise. The spectrographs are mounted on benches inside vacuum tanks located in the coud´e laboratory of the 3.5m dome. Each vacuum tank is equipped with a temperature stabilization system capable of keeping the temperature constant to within ±0.01°C over 24 hours. The visible-light spectrograph will be operated near room temperature, while the near-IR spectrograph will be cooled to ~ 140 K. The CARMENES instrument passed its final design review in February 2013. The MAIV phase is currently ongoing. First tests at the telescope are scheduled for early 2015. Completion of the full instrument is planned for the fall of 2015. At least 600 useable nights have been allocated at the Calar Alto 3.5m Telescope for the CARMENES survey in the time frame until 2018. A data base of M stars (dubbed CARMENCITA) has been compiled from which the CARMENES sample can be selected. CARMENCITA contains information on all relevant properties of the potential targets. Dedicated imaging, photometric, and spectroscopic observations are underway to provide crucial data on these stars that are not available in the literature.

Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

Inverse analysis method to optimize the optic tolerances of MEGARA: the future IFU and multi-object spectrograph for GTC

R. Ortiz, E. Carrasco, G. Páez, E. Sánchez-Blanco, Armando Gil de Paz, J. Gallego, R. Cedazo, J. Iglesias-Páramo

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914749 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057004

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Collimators, Cameras, Refractive index, Content addressable memory, Error analysis, Spectrographs, Monte Carlo methods, Image quality, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

MEGARA: a new generation optical spectrograph for GTC

A. Gil de Paz, J. Gallego, E. Carrasco, J. Iglesias-Páramo, R. Cedazo, J. Vílchez, M. García-Vargas, X. Arrillaga, M. Carrera, A. Castillo-Morales, E. Castillo-Domínguez, M. Eliche-Moral, D. Ferrusca, E. González-Guardia, B. Lefort, M. Maldonado, R. Marino, I. Martínez-Delgado, I. Morales Durán, E. Mujica, G. Páez, S. Pascual, A. Pérez-Calpena, A. Sánchez-Penim, E. Sánchez-Blanco, S. Tulloch, M. Velázquez, J. Zamorano, A. Aguerri, D. Barrado y Naváscues, E. Bertone, N. Cardiel, A. Cava, J. Cenarro, M. Chávez, M. García, J. Guichard, R. Gúzman, A. Herrero, N. Huélamo, D. Hughes, J. Jiménez-Vicente, C. Kehrig, I. Márquez, J. Masegosa, Y. Mayya, J. Méndez-Abreu, M. Mollá, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, M. Peimbert, P. Pérez-González, E. Pérez Montero, M. Rodríguez, J. Rodríguez-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez-Merino, D. Rosa-González, J. Sánchez-Almeida, C. Sánchez Contreras, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, F. Sánchez Moreno, S. Sánchez, A. Sarajedini, F. Serena, S. Silich, S. Simón-Díaz, G. Tenorio-Tagle, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, S. Torres-Peimbert, I. Trujillo, Y. Tsamis, O. Vega, V. Villar

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470O (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2047825

KEYWORDS: Molybdenum, Spectrographs, Charge-coupled devices, Galactic astronomy, Cameras, Spectral resolution, Control systems, Collimators, Sensors, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 18 December 2012 Paper

MEGARA optical design: the new integral field unit and multi-object spectrograph for the GTC 10m telescope

María Luisa García-Vargas, Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco, Esperanza Carrasco, Armando Gil de Paz, Gonzalo Páez, Ana Pérez, Jesús Gallego, Francisco Sánchez, José Vílchez

Proceedings Volume 8550, 85501C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006270

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Cameras, Telescopes, Optical design, Spectrographs, Molybdenum, Microlens, Spectral resolution, Collimators, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2012 Paper

CARMENES. I: instrument and survey overview

Andreas Quirrenbach, Pedro Amado, Walter Seifert, Miguel Sánchez Carrasco, Holger Mandel, Jose Caballero, Reinhard Mundt, Ignasi Ribas, Ansgar Reiners, Miguel Abril, Jesus Aceituno, Javier Alonso-Floriano, Matthias Ammler-von Eiff, Guillem Anglada-Escude, Regina Antona Jiménez, Heiko Anwand-Heerwart, David Barrado y Navascués, Santiago Becerril, Victor Bejar, Daniel Benitez, Concepcion Cardenas, Antonio Claret, Josep Colome, Miriam Cortés-Contreras, Stefan Czesla, Carlos del Burgo, Michaela Doellinger, R. Dorda, Stefan Dreizler, Carmen Feiz, Matilde Fernandez, David Galadi, Rafael Garrido, Jonay González Hernández, Josep Guardia, Eike Guenther, Enrique de Guindos, Juan Gutiérrez-Soto, Hans Hagen, Artie Hatzes, Peter Hauschildt, Jens Helmling, Thomas Henning, Enrique Herrero, Armin Huber, Klaus Huber, Sandra Jeffers, Viki Joergens, Enrique de Juan, M. Kehr, Alexis Klutsch, Martin Kürster, S. Lalitha, Werner Laun, Ulrike Lemke, Rainer Lenzen, Jean-Louis Lizon, Mauro López del Fresno, Mercedes López-Morales, Javier López-Santiago, Ulrich Mall, Eduardo Martin, Susana Martín-Ruiz, Eduard Mirabet, David Montes, Juan Carlos Morales, Rafael Morales Muñoz, Andres Moya, Vianak Naranjo, Raquel Oreiro, David Pérez Medialdea, Michael Pluto, Ovidio Rabaza, Alejandro Ramon, Rafael Rebolo, Sabine Reffert, Petra Rhode, Hans-Walter Rix, Florian Rodler, Eloy Rodríguez, Cristina Rodríguez López, Emilio Rodríguez Pérez, A. Rodriguez Trinidad, Ralf-Reiner Rohloff, Ernesto Sánchez-Blanco, Jorge Sanz-Forcada, Sebastian Schäfer, Jörg Schiller, Christof Schmidt, Jürgen Schmitt, Enrique Solano, Otmar Stahl, Clemens Storz, Julian Stürmer, Juan Carlos Suarez, Ulrich Thiele, Rainer Ulbrich, Manuela Vidal-Dasilva, Karl Wagner, Johannes Winkler, Wenli Xu, Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio, Mathias Zechmeister

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84460R (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925164

KEYWORDS: Stars, Lamps, Planets, Spectrographs, Optical fibers, Calibration, Sensors, Telescopes, Exoplanets, Near infrared

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