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Fabry-Perot etalons

To obtain high resolution spectroscopy (R = 1000, 2200) in the K-band, two Fabry-Perot etalons can be mounted in front of the camera. Their finesse and the resolution for different wavelengths are tabulated in table 2.7 and 2.8.

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Table 2.7:   Finesse and resolution for the low resolution Fabry-Perot etalon

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Table 2.8:   Finesse and resolution for the high resolution Fabry-Perot etalon

The transmission in the wavelength range from 1.9 to 2.4 tex2html_wrap_inline1074 is 85 % for the low resolution etalon and 65 % for the high resolution etalon. Figures 2.4 and 2.5 show the shift in passband across the field of view. Within the the recommended pixel-scale of tex2html_wrap_inline1038 (dashed lines), this shift is less than 0.2 nm for the low resolution etalon and less than 0.5 nm for the high resolution etalon.

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Figure 2.4:   Shift in passband for the low resolution Fabry-Perot etalon. The dashed lines represent the field of view in the tex2html_wrap_inline1038 scale. The the short, perpendicular tick marks point "downhill". North is right and east is down

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Figure 2.5:   Shift in passband for the low resolution Fabry-Perot etalon. The dashed lines represent the field of view in the tex2html_wrap_inline1038 scale. The the short, perpendicular tick marks point "downhill". North is right and east is down



Frank Eisenhauer
Wed Apr 23 16:00:15 MDT 1997