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Cryogenic servo-stabilized Fabry-Perot interferometers for imaging at 3-5 and 8-13 microns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

N. K. Reay  and
K.A.R.B. Pietraszewski
N. K. Reay
Affiliation:
Queensgate Instruments Ltd., Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PW, UK
K.A.R.B. Pietraszewski
Affiliation:
Queensgate Instruments Ltd., Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PW, UK

Abstract

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The performance of a new liquid Nitrogen cooled Fabry-Perot etalon for imaging at 3-5µm is described. Capacitance sensors monitor the etalon mirror spacing and parallelism, and error signals produced as a consequence of changes in these parameters are used in a feedback loop with piezoelectric actuators for active cavity control. These new cryogenic etalons are designed to be compatible with the Queensgate Instruments Ltd CS100/ET servo-stabilized Fabry-Perot system.

The cryogenic etalon has a clear aperture of 50mm and a nominal mirror spacing of between 5 and 60µm. It is coated for the 3 - 5µm spectral region, although coatings are also available for the 2 - 2.5µm and 8 - 13µm regions. Under servo-control at operating temperature the etalon has a response time of 30 msec and a minimum cavity tuning range of ±3µm about the nominal cavity length, corresponding to approximately 3 orders of interference at the midrange wavelength of 4µm.

Type
2. The Fabry-Perot Spectrometer and its Applications
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 149: Tridimensional Optical Spectroscopic Methods in Astrophysics , 1995 , pp. 60 - 68
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995

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