Hexabundle optical fibre imaging devices for the Hector instrument

Adeline Haobing Wang; Rebecca Brown; Julia Bryant; Sergio Leon-Saval

doi:10.1117/12.2539992

Hexabundle optical fibre imaging devices for the Hector instrument

Adeline Haobing Wang, Rebecca Brown, Julia Bryant, Sergio Leon-Saval

Australian Astronomical Optics

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Abstract

Hector^{1, 5} is the next dark-time instrument to be commissioned on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) and will include 21 IFUs called hexabundles^{2-4, 6} that will sit on the 2-degree top end. These hexabundles are bundles of fibres that are packed in a regular hexagonal array. They are built in sizes of 37, 61, 91, 127, and 169 fibres. The distribution of sizes of hexabundles was calculated to maximize the efficiency of the galaxy survey. The Hector hexabundles have been optimized for this instrument. Their regular hexagonal packing has been developed to improve data reduction accuracy, and the fibres have had a short length of their cladding etched in order to pack them as tightly as possible without reducing the optical quality of the devices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019
Editors	Simon Ellis, Céline d'Orgeville
Place of Publication	Bellingham, Washington
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	1120317-1-1120317-2
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510631472
ISBN (Print)	9781510631465
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539992
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 9 Dec 2019 → 12 Dec 2019

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	11203
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	9/12/19 → 12/12/19

Keywords

Focal ratio degradation
Hector
Hexabundles
HF etching
Integral field units
Optical fibres

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Wang, AH, Brown, R, Bryant, J & Leon-Saval, S 2020, Hexabundle optical fibre imaging devices for the Hector instrument. in S Ellis & C d'Orgeville (eds), Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019., 1120317, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 11203, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, pp. 1120317-1-1120317-2, Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019, Melbourne, Australia, 9/12/19. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539992

Hexabundle optical fibre imaging devices for the Hector instrument. / Wang, Adeline Haobing; Brown, Rebecca; Bryant, Julia et al.
Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019. ed. / Simon Ellis; Céline d'Orgeville. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2020. p. 1120317-1-1120317-2 1120317 (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 11203).

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Hexabundle optical fibre imaging devices for the Hector instrument

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