2 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
A Slit Mask Integral Field Unit for the Robert Stobie Spectrograph on the Southern African Large Telescope: I. Instrument Development
Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay, Matthew A. Bershady, Michael P. Smith +2
Integral field spectroscopy (IFS) has been added as a new observation mode to the Robert Stobie Spectrograph (RSS), the workhorse multi-mode instrument on the Southern African Larg…
astro-ph.IM2024
Light scrambling and focal ratio degradation of thin multimode fibers with different core geometries
Man-Yin Leo Lee, Zhiheng Lin, Chit-Ho Hui +6
The performance of fiber-fed astronomical spectrographs is highly influenced by the properties of fibers. The near-field and far-field scrambling characteristics have a profound im…