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| Autor(es): |
Zeitner, Uwe D.
;
Dekker, Hans
;
Burmeister, Frank
;
Fluegel-Paul, Thomas
;
Bianco, Andrea
;
Zanutta, Alessio
Número total de Autores: 6
|
| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY; v. N/A, p. 20-pg., 2022-02-25. |
| Resumo | |
CUBES is the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph, a high-efficiency instrument operating in the UV spectral range between 300 nm and 400 nm with a resolution not less than 20,000. CUBES is to be installed at a Cassegrain focus of the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory. The paper briefly reviews various types of devices used as dispersing elements in astronomical spectrographs to achieve high resolution, before identifying binary transmission gratings produced by microlithography as the best candidate technology for the CUBES instrument. We describe the lithographic fabrication technology in general, two different design considerations to achieve the required high-resolution transmission grating, its prototyping by a direct-write lithographic fabrication technology, and the characterization of the achieved optical performance. An outlook to the realization of the grating for the final instrument, taking the most recent developments of lithographic writing capabilities into consideration is given. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 14/18100-4 - Populações estelares na Via Láctea: bojo, halo, disco e regiões de formação de estrelas; instrumentação para espectroscopia de alta resolução |
| Beneficiário: | Beatriz Leonor Silveira Barbuy |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático |