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29 August 2022 METIS: final design of the imager sub-system
Peter Bizenberger, Harald Baumeister, Jean-Christophe Barriere, Thomas Bertram, Armin Böhm, Bernhard Brandl, M. Concepción Cárdenas Vázquez, Eduardo Chamorro, Markus Feldt, Adrian M. Glauser, Thomas Henning, Werner Laun, Dirk Lesman, Lars Mohr, Gert Raskin, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Silvia Scheithauer, Benoit Serra, Paula Stepien, Remko Stuik, Stephen Todd, Roy van Boekel
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Proceedings Volume 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; 121843K (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630427
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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METIS, the Mid-infrared Imager and Spectrograph for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), is one of the three first generation science instruments and about to complete its final design phase [1]. The Imager sub-system provides diffraction-limited imaging capabilities and low-resolution grism-spectroscopy in two channels: one covers the atmospheric LM bands with a field of view of 11x11 arcsec, and the second covers the N band, with a field of view of 14x14 arcsec. Both channels have a common collimator and a dichroic beam splitter dividing the light into two dedicated cameras and the corresponding detectors. In addition, the Imager provides a precise pupil re-imaging implementation allowing the positioning of high-contrast imaging masks for coronagraphic applications. The two channels are equipped with a HAWAII-2RG detector for LM-band and a GeoSnap detector for the N-band. We present the final optical design of the Imager in a summary, as well as the cryo-mechanical concept. The mechanical design gives an overview of the general design aspects and the analyses that demonstrate the approach how to deal with demanding stability and alignment requirements for high-contrast imaging. It further focuses on the design of individual units as e.g., on the GeoSnap detector mount and on the pupil re-imager. In addition, we exemplarily outline some of the key alignment and verification tasks, essential to guarantee the performance of the Imager.
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Peter Bizenberger, Harald Baumeister, Jean-Christophe Barriere, Thomas Bertram, Armin Böhm, Bernhard Brandl, M. Concepción Cárdenas Vázquez, Eduardo Chamorro, Markus Feldt, Adrian M. Glauser, Thomas Henning, Werner Laun, Dirk Lesman, Lars Mohr, Gert Raskin, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Silvia Scheithauer, Benoit Serra, Paula Stepien, Remko Stuik, Stephen Todd, and Roy van Boekel "METIS: final design of the imager sub-system", Proc. SPIE 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 121843K (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630427
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