TY - GEN
T1 - First light with ALES
T2 - Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VII
AU - Skemer, Andrew J.
AU - Hinz, Philip
AU - Montoya, Manny
AU - Skrutskie, Michael F.
AU - Leisenring, Jarron
AU - Durney, Oli
AU - Woodward, Charles E.
AU - Wilson, John
AU - Nelson, Matt
AU - Bailey, Vanessa
AU - Defrere, Denis
AU - Stone, Jordan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 SPIE.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Integral field spectrographs are an important technology for exoplanet imaging, due to their ability to take spectra in a high-contrast environment, and improve planet detection sensitivity through spectral differential imaging. ALES is the first integral field spectrograph capable of imaging exoplanets from 3-5 μm, and will extend our ability to characterize self-luminous exoplanets into a wavelength range where they peak in brightness. ALES is installed inside LBTI/LMIRcam on the Large Binocular Telescope, taking advantage of existing AO systems, camera optics, and a HAWAII-2RG detector. The new optics that comprise ALES are a Keplerian magnifier, a silicon lenslet array with diffraction suppressing pinholes, a direct vision prism, and calibration optics. All of these components are installed in filter wheels making ALES a completely modular design. ALES saw first light at the LBT in June 2015.
AB - Integral field spectrographs are an important technology for exoplanet imaging, due to their ability to take spectra in a high-contrast environment, and improve planet detection sensitivity through spectral differential imaging. ALES is the first integral field spectrograph capable of imaging exoplanets from 3-5 μm, and will extend our ability to characterize self-luminous exoplanets into a wavelength range where they peak in brightness. ALES is installed inside LBTI/LMIRcam on the Large Binocular Telescope, taking advantage of existing AO systems, camera optics, and a HAWAII-2RG detector. The new optics that comprise ALES are a Keplerian magnifier, a silicon lenslet array with diffraction suppressing pinholes, a direct vision prism, and calibration optics. All of these components are installed in filter wheels making ALES a completely modular design. ALES saw first light at the LBT in June 2015.
KW - Adaptive optics
KW - exoplanet imaging
KW - exoplanet instrumentation
KW - integral field spectroscopy
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U2 - 10.1117/12.2187284
DO - 10.1117/12.2187284
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958005108
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VII
A2 - Shaklan, Stuart
PB - SPIE
Y2 - 10 August 2015 through 13 August 2015
ER -