Rapid-prototyping a tabletop integral field spectrograph

Michael Galvin, Christian Delacroix, Mary Anne Limbach, Tyler Groff, Maxime Rizzo, N. Jeremy Kasdin

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Abstract

We successfully rapid-prototyped a mostly off-the-shelf, partially 3D-printed pathfinder version of an integral field spectrograph (IFS) in order to compress the design/build/test schedule of a final, mostly-custom IFS, by accelerating the start date of data pipeline development, thus allowing this development to progress in parallel with the design, procurement, fabrication, and alignment of the final IFS version. This parallel-path development schedule enabled us to successfully design, build, align, test, and extract a data cube from the new IFS within only 1 year, even in the face of several design setbacks. We have begun using the now-functional IFS for development of IFS sensing and control algorithms, and have also begun implementing motorized alignment upgrades that enable the systematic characterization of the tolerance (or required compensation) of its data cube extraction to misaligned images, in support of NASA's WFIRST and PISCES IFS.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationUV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments
Subtitle of host publicationInnovative Technologies and Concepts IX
EditorsAllison A. Barto, James B. Breckinridge, H. Philip Stahl
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510629233
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventUV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts IX 2019 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Aug 11 2019Aug 12 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11115
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceUV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts IX 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period8/11/198/12/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • 3D printing
  • IFS
  • Integral field spectrograph
  • Optomechanics
  • PISCES
  • Rapid prototype
  • Rapid prototyping
  • WFIRST

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