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INGRID filters and pupils

INGRID has two filter wheels and a pupil wheel, the current configuration of which is given below. Filters are inclined by 5 degrees in order to suppress reflections in the image. The green commands explain how to move a wheel independently of the others.
All filters have been purchased in collaboration with the Gemini filter buying consortium (headed by Alan Tokunaga, see their specifications).
The filter transmission curves given below were obtained at room temperature (~293 K) and at an incident angle of 0 degrees. The transmission curves of the narrowband filters in the second filter wheel depend most on the angle of incidence (5°) and on the temperature (77 K, the colder the bluer). Therefore, the measured transmission curves were extrapolated from 0° and 293 K ("warm") to 5° and 77 K (labeled "cold"). The extrapolation was done using this prescription based on the measured data. For the narrow band filter transmission curves, both the warm and the cold data are shown for better comparison.

Overview of INGRID K-band filter transmissions
Overview of INGRID broad band filter transmissions.

Filter wheel 1 configuration     (broad band filters)     fwheel1 ingrid <filter name>
Filter name Position CWL
[μm]
FWHM
[μm]
Peak
[%]
Cut-on
[μm]
Cut-off
[μm]
Transm.
curve
Transm.
data

j-barr FW1 - 2 curve warm
h-barr FW1 - 3 1.635 0.290 97 1.490 1.780 curve warm
ks-barr FW1 - 4 2.150 0.320 89 1.990 2.310 curve warm
z FW1 - 5 1.033 0.073 88 0.996 1.069 curve warm
j FW1 - 6 1.250 0.160 90 1.170 1.330 curve warm
h FW1 - 7 1.635 0.290 87 1.490 1.780 curve warm
k FW1 - 8 2.200 0.335 95 2.028 2.364 curve warm
ks FW1 - 9 2.150 0.310 95 1.990 2.300 curve warm

clear FW1 - 1    -    -  -    -    - -
blank1 FW1 - 10    -    -  -    -    - -
blank2 FW1 - 11    -    -  -    -    - -
Filter wheel 2 configuration     (narrow band filters)     fwheel2 ingrid <filter name>
Filter name Position CWL
[μm]
FWHM
[μm]
Peak
[%]
CWL drift
[nm / K]
Emission
line [μm]
Transm.
curve
Transm.
data

brg FW2 - 1 2.170 0.032 69 0.0732 2.1655 curve warm   cold
h2v1-0 FW2 - 2 2.121 0.032 72 0.0396 2.121 curve warm   cold
fe2 FW2 - 3 1.642 0.024 74 0.0311 1.6436 curve warm   cold
hcont FW2 - 4 1.573 0.024 74 0.0311    - curve warm   cold
pab FW2 - 5 1.283 0.020 71 0.0255 1.2818 curve warm   cold
jcont FW2 - 6 1.209 0.018 63 0.0318    - curve warm   cold
kcont FW2 - 10 2.270 0.033 70 0.0756    - curve warm   cold
h2v2-1 FW2 - 11 2.246 0.034 56 0.0439 2.247 curve warm   cold

clear FW2 - 7    -    -  -    -    - -
blank1 FW2 - 8    -    -  -    -    - -
blank2 FW2 - 9    -    -  -    -    - -
Pupil wheel configuration          pstop ingrid <pupil name>
Pupil name Position Inner
diameter [mm]
Outer
diameter [mm]
Remarks

ker PW - 1    -    - Knife edge right
kel PW - 3    -    - Knife edge left
naomi-obs PW - 4 1.76 3.895
naomi-clr PW - 5    - 3.895
fmask PW - 6 Focus mask
cass-j PW - 8 7.36 25.92
cass-s PW - 9 6.82 23.25
osca-obs PW - 10 1.377 3.22
osca-clr PW - 11    - 3.22

clear PW - 2    -    -
blank PW - 7    -    -

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Last Updated: 07 Feb 2005
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