Correction of Fiber Throughput Variation Due to the Focal Ratio Degradation
CHEN Jian-jun1，2, BAI Zhong-rui1，2, LI Guang-wei1, WANG Shu-qing1, LUO A-li1, ZHAO Yong-heng1
1. Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
摘要： 光纤的焦比退化(focal ratio degradation)是光纤光谱效率损失的重要原因之一。光纤在安装和每次定位过程中，光纤的转动和扭曲会引起光纤焦比退化发生变化，从而改变光纤的传输效率，每根光纤由此造成的传输效率变化都会存在差异。而这样的效率差异无法用通常天文观测中使用的晨昏天光平场或者圆顶平场改正。减天光是光纤光谱数据处理中决定光谱质量的重要环节。减天光处理要求对不同光纤的传输效率进行归一化处理，以扣除不同光纤之间传输效率差异导致的天光背景测量的误差。对于与天光背景亮度接近乃至更暗的观测目标而言，光纤传输效率的改正精度决定了减天光的精度。测试了LAMOST望远镜光纤转动对光纤传输效率的影响情况。在检查了光谱中天光发射线强度与光纤传输效率的关系，和验证了光纤效率变化与波长变化相对独立的基础上，提出并且证实了通过测量各光纤中天光发射线强度作为光纤相对效率变化量来改正光纤效率差异的方法是可行的。这种方法已经被应用到LAMOST二维光谱处理当中。
关键词：光纤光谱;焦比退化;传输效率
Abstract：The focal ratio degradation (FRD) of optical fiber is one of major sources causing light loss in multi-fiber astronomical instruments. Meanwhile, the sky subtraction is crucial to multi-fiber spectra reduction, especially for the objects which are as faint as the sky background, not to mention for those even fainter ones. To improve the accuracy of sky subtraction, it is necessary to normalize the throughput among object fibers and sky sampling fibers. The rotation and twist during mounting and rotating could change the FRD of individual fibers, which means the variation of the transmission throughput among fibers. We investigate such throughput variation among LAMOST fibers and its correlation with the intensity of sky emission lines on all wavelength coverage in this paper. On the basis of this work, we present an approach to correcting the varied fiber throughput by measuring the intensity of the sky emission lines as the secondary throughput correction.This approach has been applied to LAMOST 2D Pipeline.
Key words：Fiber spectra;Focal ratio degradation;Transmission efficiency
陈建军1，2，白仲瑞1，2，李广伟1，王淑清1，罗阿理1，2，赵永恒1 . 光纤转动引起光纤光谱效率变化与改正 [J]. 光谱学与光谱分析, 2015, 35(04): 1099-1102.
CHEN Jian-jun1，2, BAI Zhong-rui1，2, LI Guang-wei1, WANG Shu-qing1, LUO A-li1, ZHAO Yong-heng1 . Correction of Fiber Throughput Variation Due to the Focal Ratio Degradation. SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS, 2015, 35(04): 1099-1102.
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