Narrow bandpass steep edge optical filter for the JAST/T80 telescope instrumentation

S. Reichel; U. Brauneck; S. Bourquin; A. Marín-Franch

doi:10.1117/12.2023667

26 September 2013 Narrow bandpass steep edge optical filter for the JAST/T80 telescope instrumentation

S. Reichel, U. Brauneck, S. Bourquin, A. Marín-Franch

Proceedings Volume 8860, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts VI; 88600M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023667
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Observatorio Astrofisico de Javalambre in Spain observes with its JAST/T80 telescope galaxies in the Local Universe in a systematic study. This is accomplished with a multi-band photometric all sky survey called Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey (J-PLUS). A wide field camera receives the signals from universe via optical filters. In this presentation the development and design of a narrow bandpass steep edge filter with wide suppression will be shown. The filter has a full width half maximum in the range of 13-15 nm (with <1 nm tolerance) with central wavelengths in the range 350-860nm and an average transmission larger than 90% in the passband. Signals beyond the passband (blocking range) have to be suppressed down to 250nm and up to 1050nm (spectral regime), where a blocking of OD 5 (transmission < 10^-5) is required. The edges have to be steep for a small transition width from 5% to 80%. The spectral requirements result in a large number of layers which are deposited with magnetron sputtering. The transmitted wavefront error of the optical filter must be less than lambda/2 over the 100mm aperture and the central wavelength uniformity must be better than +/- 0.4% over the clear aperture. The filter consists of optical filter glass and a coated substrate in order to reach the spectral requirements. The substrate is coated with more than 120 layers. The total filter thickness was specified to be 8.0mm. Results of steep edge narrow bandpass filters will be demonstrated fulfilling all these demanding requirements.

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S. Reichel, U. Brauneck, S. Bourquin, and A. Marín-Franch "Narrow bandpass steep edge optical filter for the JAST/T80 telescope instrumentation", Proc. SPIE 8860, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts VI, 88600M (26 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023667

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