FRIDA: diffraction-limited imaging and integral-field spectroscopy for the GTC

Bibcode
2022SPIE12184E..0CW
DOI
10.1117/12.2630345
Watson, Alan M.; Acosta-Pulido, José A.; Aguiar, Marta; Álvarez-Núñez, Luis C.; Sánchez-Béjar, Victor J. S.; Cardiel, Nicolás.; Chapa, Oscar; Cuevas, Salvador; Díaz García, José Javier; Eikenberry, Stephen S.; Espejo, Carlos; Flores-Meza, Rubén. A.; Fuentes-Fernández, Jorge; Fujarte, José; Gallego, Jesús; Garcés Medina, José Leonardo; Garzón López, Francisco; Hammersley, Peter; Jovén Álvarez, Enrique; Keiman, Carolina; Lara, Gerardo; López, José Alberto; Ortega, Carlos A.; Pascual Ramírez, Sergio; Patrón Recio, Jesús; Prieto, Almudena; Rodríguez, Berenice; Sánchez, Beatriz; Sánchez, José
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Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX

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8
2022
Number of authors
29
IAC number of authors
7
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0
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Description
FRIDA is a diffraction-limited imager and integral-field spectrograph for the adaptive-optics focus of the Gran Telescopio Canarias. In imaging mode FRIDA provides scales of 10, 20 and 40 mas/pixel and in IFS mode spectral resolutions of about 1200, 4000 and 30,000. Coronographic masks are available in both modes for high-contrast images. FRIDA is starting systems integration and is scheduled to complete system testing at the laboratory by the end of 2023 and to be delivered to the telescope shortly thereafter. In this contribution we present a summary of its design, fabrication, current status and potential scientific applications.
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Non-refereed

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