Bolocam              Z-Spec              SPIRE             Cal-Tech Submillimeter Observatory            MKID           CCAT

Z-Spec Instrument Overview:
  • Waveguide Far-IR Spectrometer (WaFIRS), waveguide-coupled diffraction grating concept
  • Broadband – 195-310 GHz
  • Resolution – 250-400
  • Observe first from the CSO  (...then IRAM 30m...LMT?)
  • Prototype for future far-IR spaceborne / stratospheric mission   (SPICA, SAFIR, SOFIA)