The performance of the SPHERE sub-systems in the integration lab

François Wildi; Jean Luc Beuzit; Markus Feldt; David Mouillet; Kjetil Dohlen; Pascal Puget; Andrea Baruffolo; Julien Charton; Anthony Bocaletti; Riccardo Claudi; Anne Costille; Philippe Feautrier; Thierry Fusco; Raffaele Gratton; Markus Kasper; Maud Langlois; Patrice Martinez; Dino Mesa; David Le Mignant; Alexey Pavlov; Cyril Petit; Johannes Pragt; Patrick Rabou; Sylvain Rochat; Ronald Roelfsema; Jean-François Sauvage; Hans Martin Schmid; Eric Stadler; Claire Moutou

doi:10.1117/12.894389

15 September 2011 The performance of the SPHERE sub-systems in the integration lab

François Wildi, Jean Luc Beuzit, Markus Feldt, David Mouillet, Kjetil Dohlen, Pascal Puget, Andrea Baruffolo, Julien Charton, Anthony Bocaletti, Riccardo Claudi, Anne Costille, Philippe Feautrier, Thierry Fusco, Raffaele Gratton, Markus Kasper, Maud Langlois, Patrice Martinez, Dino Mesa, David Le Mignant, Alexey Pavlov, Cyril Petit, Johannes Pragt, Patrick Rabou, Sylvain Rochat, Ronald Roelfsema, Jean-François Sauvage, Hans Martin Schmid, Eric Stadler, Claire Moutou

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Proceedings Volume 8151, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets V; 81510M (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894389
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

SPHERE, the extra-solar planet imager for the Very Large Telescope is a program that has been running since 2006. The instrument is now nearing completion and it is in the final integration stage. The 3 science instruments of SPHERE are now complete and have passed the internal acceptance review while the complex common path with the extreme Adaptive optics system, the coronographs and the calibration module is aggressively progressing. This paper reviews the performance of the Common Path (CP) and three science instruments of SPHERE: IRDIS, the dual band imager; IFS, the integral field spectrograph and ZIMPOL, the imaging polarimeter. We also present an outlook at the final system integration.

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François Wildi, Jean Luc Beuzit, Markus Feldt, David Mouillet, Kjetil Dohlen, Pascal Puget, Andrea Baruffolo, Julien Charton, Anthony Bocaletti, Riccardo Claudi, Anne Costille, Philippe Feautrier, Thierry Fusco, Raffaele Gratton, Markus Kasper, Maud Langlois, Patrice Martinez, Dino Mesa, David Le Mignant, Alexey Pavlov, Cyril Petit, Johannes Pragt, Patrick Rabou, Sylvain Rochat, Ronald Roelfsema, Jean-François Sauvage, Hans Martin Schmid, Eric Stadler, and Claire Moutou "The performance of the SPHERE sub-systems in the integration lab", Proc. SPIE 8151, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets V, 81510M (15 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894389

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