Optical design of a Coude-Train for a stable and efficient simultaneous feeding of the ESPRESSO Spectrograph from the four VLT telescopes

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

Cabral, A (Author) Other; Coelho, J (Author) Other; Abreu, M (Author) Other; Monteiro, M (Author) Other; Gomes, R (Author) Other; Santos, P (Author) Other; Oliveira, A (Author) Other; Avila, G (Author) Other; Delabre, BA (Author) Other; Megevand, D (Author) Other; Zerbi, F (Author) Other; Di Marcantonio, P (Author) Other; Lovis, C (Author) Other; N.C. Santos (Author) FCUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 8TH IBEROAMERICAN OPTICS MEETING AND 11TH LATIN AMERICAN MEETING ON OPTICS, LASERS, AND APPLICATIONS

8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications

Porto, PORTUGAL, JUL 22-26, 2013

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Authenticus ID: P-006-K3Z

DOI: 10.1117/12.2026179

Abstract (EN): ESPRESSO is a fibre-fed, cross-dispersed, high-resolution, echelle spectrograph. Being the first purpose of ESPRESSO to develop a competitive and innovative high-resolution spectrograph to fully exploit the VLT (Very Large Telescope), and allow new science, it is important to develop the VLT array concept bearing in mind the need to obtain the highest stability, while preserving its best efficiency. This high-resolution ultra-stable spectrograph will be installed in the VLT at the Combined Coude Laboratory (CCL), fed by four Coude Trains, which brings the light from the Nasmyth platforms of the four VLT Unit Telescopes to the CCL. ESPRESSO will combine the efficiency of modern echelle spectrograph with extreme radial-velocity precision. It will achieve a gain of two magnitudes with respect to its predecessor HARPS, and the instrumental radial-velocity precision will be improved to reach cm/s level Thanks to its ability of combining incoherently the light of the 4 UTs, ESPRESSO will offer new possibilities in various fields of astronomy. The Coude Train is composed of a set of prisms and lenses to deliver a pupil and an image in the CCL, including an Atmospheric Dispersion Compensator. In this paper, we present the optical design of the Coude Trains, the opto-mechanical concept, the required control, the main characteristics and expected performances.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10