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SPIE Conference Paper

The Design and Development of NIRSPEC: A Near-Infrared Echelle Spectrograph for the Keck II Telescope
by Ian S. McLean et al.   SPIE vol. 3354 pp. 566-578

Abstract


The design and development of NIRSPEC, a near-infrared echelle spectrograph for the Keck II 10-meter telescope is described.  This instrument is a large, facility-class vacuum-cryogenic spectrometer with a resolving power of R = 25,000 for a 0.4" slit.  It employs diamond-machined metal optics and state-of-the-art infrared array detectors for high throughput, together with powerful user-friendly software for ease of use.

1. Introduction
2. Design Requirements
3. Description of the Instrument
    3.1 Optical Design
    3.2 Mechanical Design
    3.3 Electronics Design
    3.4 Software Design
4. Conclusions
5. Acknowledgements
6. References

Additional Reference
I. McLean, E. Becklin, D. Figer, S. Larson, T. Liu, and J. Graham, "NIRSPEC: A near infrared cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph for the Keck II telescope,"  SPIE 2475, 1995

Filters

Name Wavelength Range (in microns)
Nirspec-1 0.947-1.121
Nirspec-2 1.089-1.293
Nirspec-3 1.143-1.375
Nirspec-4 1.241-1.593
Nirspec-5 1.143-1.808
Nirspec-6 1.558-2.315
Nirspec-7 1.839-2.630
Br-Gamma 2.155-2.175
CO 2.228-2.305
K 1.996-2.382
K-Prime 1.950-2.295
L-Prime 3.420-4.120
M-Prime 4.570-4.810
KL 2.134-4.228
HeI 1.078-1.088
Pa-Beta 1.276-1.289
H2 2.110-2.129
FeII 1.639-1.654
M-Wide 4.420-5.530

Slits

  1. 0.144"x12
  2. 0.288"x12
  3. 0.432"x12
  4. 0.576"x12
  5. 0.720"x12
  6. Blank
  7. 0.432"x24
  8. 0.576"x24
  9. 0.720"x24
  10. 42x0.380"
  11. 42x0.570"
  12. 42x0.760"