Sumários

Spectroscopy (class 2 of 3)

25 Março 2026, 17:00 Bachar Wehbe

Introduction to the operation of spectrometers and monochromators.

Study of the dispersion of light, the properties of diffracting elements and how they are used in monochromators and spectrographs. Spectral characterization of non-monochromatic light and its analysis in bench top spectrographs.

Building a prism and grating Spectrographs.


Spectroscopy (class 2 of 3)

25 Março 2026, 15:00 Alexandre Pereira Cabral

Introduction to the operation of spectrometers and monochromators.

Study of the dispersion of light, the properties of diffracting elements and how they are used in monochromators and spectrographs. Spectral characterization of non-monochromatic light and its analysis in bench top spectrographs.

Building a prism and grating Spectrographs.


NIRCam: general

23 Março 2026, 14:00 José Manuel Rebordão

FGS – some details on the fcuntion of the TMA between finite conjugates, and to the focusing pair of mirrors.
NIRCam: Architecture of the instrument. Optical architecture and their main elements. Lenses, materials. Integration of the coronograph in terms of mask placement and FoV. Beam-splitter. Reference sources (for flat field and for image quality) and their implementation. Description and analysis of the the filters in the filter and pupil wheels.
The Weak Lenses.
General overview of the Slitness mode (WFSS) and of Time series observations (TSO).
 
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Grisms. Coronagraphy


OTE. FGS

20 Março 2026, 09:00 José Manuel Rebordão

OTE: TMA architecture. Flat FoV and its partition with POM’s. Pods. WFE maps, Strehl ratio. Examples.
The Fine Steering Mirror and the real image of the PM. Sequence of real images of the mirrors.
FGS and its heritage. Redundancy. SEU concept. Engineering subsystems and criticality.
FGS architecture, functions and its operational modes. Subarrays.
 
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NIRCam


Spectroscopy (class 1of 3)

18 Março 2026, 17:00 Bachar Wehbe

Introduction to the operation of spectrometers and monochromators.

Study of the dispersion of light, the properties of diffracting elements and how they are used in monochromators and spectrographs. Spectral characterization of non-monochromatic light and its analysis in bench top spectrographs.

Building a prism and grating Spectrographs.