The imaging Bragg tunable filter: a new path to integral field spectroscopy and narrow band imaging

Sébastien Blais-Ouellette; Olivier Daigle; Keith Taylor

doi:10.1117/12.672614

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28 June 2006 The imaging Bragg tunable filter: a new path to integral field spectroscopy and narrow band imaging

Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, Olivier Daigle, Keith Taylor

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Proceedings Volume 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy; 62695H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672614
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

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An entirely new type of imaging tunable filter has been developed by Photon etc. and the California Institute of Technology. The Volume Bragg Grating based device is able to select a single wavelength for each pixel in a full camera field. The demonstration tabletop prototype was able to select images with a 2 nm bandwidth from 400 to 750 nm. Data cubes were produced through a wavelength scan from which a spectrum per pixel can be extracted. The prototype showed no image distortion, a very stable instrument profile, and high efficiency. The compact and robust tunable filter can operate from 350 nm to 2.5 mm with bandwidths from 3 Å to 200 nm, showing a great potential for both ground based and space astronomy.

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Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, Olivier Daigle, and Keith Taylor "The imaging Bragg tunable filter: a new path to integral field spectroscopy and narrow band imaging", Proc. SPIE 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy, 62695H (28 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672614

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