Development and ground-based demonstration of a CdZnTe immersion grating for space-based mid-infrared high-resolution spectroscopy
High-resolution spectroscopy of molecular lines in the mid-infrared fingerprint region allows innovative science cases, such as surveying snowline locations in protoplanetary disks, but poor atmospheric transmission in this range hinders sensitive, continuous ground-based observations. We are proposing the High-Resolut...