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Title: Prime focus wide-field corrector designs with lossless atmospheric dispersion correction

Abstract

Wide-Field Corrector designs are presented for the Blanco and Mayall telescopes, the CFHT and the AAT. The designs are Terezibh-style, with 5 or 6 lenses, and modest negative optical power. They have 2.2-3 degree fields of view, with curved and telecentric focal surfaces suitable for fiber spectroscopy. Some variants also allow wide-field imaging, by changing the last WFC element. Apart from the adaptation of the Terebizh design for spectroscopy, the key feature is a new concept for a 'Compensating Lateral Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector', with two of the lenses being movable laterally by small amounts. This provides excellent atmospheric dispersion correction, without any additional surfaces or absorption. A novel and simple mechanism for providing the required lens motions is proposed, which requires just 3 linear actuators for each of the two moving lenses.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Australian Astron. Observ.
  2. Fermilab
  3. University Coll. London
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1295699
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1406.4168; FERMILAB-CONF-14-266-AE-CD
1301132
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng.
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9151; Conference: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2014, Montreal, Canada, 06/23-06/27/2014
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Saunders, Will, Gillingham, Peter, Smith, Greg, Kent, Steve, and Doel, Peter. Prime focus wide-field corrector designs with lossless atmospheric dispersion correction. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1117/12.2055662.
Saunders, Will, Gillingham, Peter, Smith, Greg, Kent, Steve, & Doel, Peter. Prime focus wide-field corrector designs with lossless atmospheric dispersion correction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055662
Saunders, Will, Gillingham, Peter, Smith, Greg, Kent, Steve, and Doel, Peter. 2014. "Prime focus wide-field corrector designs with lossless atmospheric dispersion correction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055662. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1295699.
@article{osti_1295699,
title = {Prime focus wide-field corrector designs with lossless atmospheric dispersion correction},
author = {Saunders, Will and Gillingham, Peter and Smith, Greg and Kent, Steve and Doel, Peter},
abstractNote = {Wide-Field Corrector designs are presented for the Blanco and Mayall telescopes, the CFHT and the AAT. The designs are Terezibh-style, with 5 or 6 lenses, and modest negative optical power. They have 2.2-3 degree fields of view, with curved and telecentric focal surfaces suitable for fiber spectroscopy. Some variants also allow wide-field imaging, by changing the last WFC element. Apart from the adaptation of the Terebizh design for spectroscopy, the key feature is a new concept for a 'Compensating Lateral Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector', with two of the lenses being movable laterally by small amounts. This provides excellent atmospheric dispersion correction, without any additional surfaces or absorption. A novel and simple mechanism for providing the required lens motions is proposed, which requires just 3 linear actuators for each of the two moving lenses.},
doi = {10.1117/12.2055662},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1295699}, journal = {Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng.},
number = ,
volume = 9151,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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