FLEX-the first light explorer: A pathfinder instrument for fibre Bragg grating OH suppression

Anthony J. Horton; Simon C. Ellis; Joss Bland-Hawthorn; Roger Haynes; Andrew J. McGrath

doi:10.1117/12.788629

FLEX-the first light explorer: A pathfinder instrument for fibre Bragg grating OH suppression

Anthony J. Horton, Simon C. Ellis, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Roger Haynes, Andrew J. McGrath

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Abstract

We present FLEX, an instrument to demonstrate the power of fibre Bragg grating OH suppression. This ground breaking technology promises great gains in sensitivity for near infrared instrumentation and the time is now right for a pioneer instrument to prove the effectiveness of the technique. Our proposal is for an adaptive optics fed integral field unit for an 8 metre class telescope. We envisage a 61 element IFU with 0.22" sampling and a 2.2" field of view. J and H-band OH suppression units would cleanly suppress the atmospheric emission lines,effectively lowering the sky background by 3 or 4 magnitudes respectively. The capabilities of FLEX will make it ideal for deep Epoch of Reionisation studies, as well as studies of star formation at z ̃1-4. To enable rapid and economical deployment FLEX would use an existing near infrared spectrograph with R ≈ 1000 and employ facility adaptive optics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II
Editors	Ian S. McLean, Mark M. Casali
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
Volume	7014
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819472243
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788629
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II - Marseille, France Duration: 23 Jun 2008 → 28 Jun 2008

Conference

Conference	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II
Country	France
City	Marseille
Period	23/06/08 → 28/06/08

Keywords

Adaptive optics
Fibre Bragg grating
FLEX
Integral field spectroscopy
Near infrared
OH suppression
Photonic lantern

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Horton, AJ, Ellis, SC, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Haynes, R & McGrath, AJ 2008, FLEX-the first light explorer: A pathfinder instrument for fibre Bragg grating OH suppression. in IS McLean & MM Casali (eds), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. vol. 7014, 701435, SPIE, pp. 1-8, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, Marseille, France, 23/06/08. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788629

FLEX-the first light explorer : A pathfinder instrument for fibre Bragg grating OH suppression. / Horton, Anthony J.; Ellis, Simon C.; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Haynes, Roger; McGrath, Andrew J.

Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. ed. / Ian S. McLean; Mark M. Casali. Vol. 7014 SPIE, 2008. p. 1-8 701435.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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