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

29 August 2022 FRIDA: diffraction-limited imaging and integral-field spectroscopy for the GTC

Alan M. Watson, José A. Acosta-Pulido, Marta Aguiar, Luis C. Álvarez-Núñez, Victor J. S. Sánchez-Béjar, Nicolás Cardiel, Oscar Chapa, Salvador Cuevas, José Javier Díaz García, Stephen S. Eikenberry, Carlos Espejo, Rubén A. Flores-Meza, Jorge Fuentes-Fernández, José Fujarte, Jesús Gallego, José Leonardo Garcés Medina, Francisco Garzón López, Peter Hammersley, Enrique Jovén Álvarez, Carolina Keiman, Gerardo Lara, José Alberto López, Carlos A. Ortega, Sergio Pascual Ramírez, Jesús Patrón Recio, Almudena Prieto, Berenice Rodríguez, Beatriz Sánchez, José Sánchez

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Proceedings Volume 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; 121840C (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630345
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

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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