HARMONI at ELT: mechanisms of the pre-optics at CDR

Hernández, Elvio; Luján, Alejandro; Martín, Yolanda; Alonso, Ángel; García-Lorenzo, Begoña.; Thatte, Niranjan; Schnetler, Hermine
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Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX

Fecha de publicación:
8
2022
Número de autores
7
Número de autores del IAC
5
Número de citas
0
Número de citas referidas
0
Descripción
HARMONI is the first light visible and near-IR integral field spectrograph for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). This instrument covers a large spectral range from 450nm to 2450nm with resolving powers from 3500 to 18000 and spatial sampling from 60mas to 4mas. The Pre-Optics (sub-system under the responsibility of the IAC) contains five mechanisms working at cryogenic temperatures. Three types of mechanisms are needed to provide full functionality: wheels (2), turrets (2) and shutter (1). The wheels and turrets, supported by a series of radial and axial bearings, are driven by stepper motors through a system of gears that provide mechanical reduction. In addition, the focal plane mask wheel has a detent system to improve repeatability to within +/- 2.5 microns. Finally, the shutter consists in two masks with three clover shape blades mounted on a stepper motors. The work describes the main IPO mechanisms requirements and the design developed for every module. We also present some of the prototypes developed to proof the concepts adopted in the design..