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The integral field unit for the James Webb space telescope's near-infrared spectrograph

Purll, David J.; Lobb, Daniel R.; Barnes, Andrew R.; Talbot, R. Gordon; Rolt, Stephen; Robertson, David J.; Closs, Martin F.; te Plate, Maurice; Armandillo, Errico; Cugny, Bruno; Karafolas, Nikos

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Authors

David J. Purll

Daniel R. Lobb

Andrew R. Barnes

R. Gordon Talbot

Stephen Rolt

David J. Robertson

Martin F. Closs

Maurice te Plate

Errico Armandillo

Bruno Cugny

Nikos Karafolas



Abstract

The European Space Agency (ESA) is providing the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) developed by EADS Astrium GmbH to fly on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NIRSpec covers the 0.6-5.0 µm domain. It will be primarily operated as a multi-object spectrograph, using a MEMS micro-shutter array (MSA) provided by NASA to select multiple objects from the field of view at an intermediate image plane formed by the NIRSpec fore-optics. The MSA apertures form multiple entrance slits of the spectrometer section.

Citation

Purll, D. J., Lobb, D. R., Barnes, A. R., Talbot, R. G., Rolt, S., Robertson, D. J., …Karafolas, N. (2017). The integral field unit for the James Webb space telescope's near-infrared spectrograph. In International Conference on Space Optics—ICSO 2010, Rhodes Island, Greece, 4–8 October 2010. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309221

Conference Name International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2010
Conference Location Rhodes Island, Greece
Online Publication Date Nov 20, 2017
Publication Date Nov 20, 2017
Deposit Date Aug 31, 2018
Publicly Available Date Sep 12, 2018
Publisher SPIE
Volume 10565
Series Title Proceedings of SPIE
Book Title International Conference on Space Optics—ICSO 2010, Rhodes Island, Greece, 4–8 October 2010.
ISBN 9781510616196
DOI https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309221

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