# Submillimeter and Far-InfraRed Experiment (SAFIRE): A PI class instrument for SOFIA

Source: [Submillimeter and Far-InfraRed Experiment (SAFIRE): A PI class instrument for SOFIA](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa31a31e209131ce8806ee>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2025-10-24T18:58:14.801Z

Authors: R.A. Shafer, S.H. Moseley, Jr., P.A.R. Ade, D.J. Benford, G. Bjoraker, E. Dwek, D.A. Neufeld, F. Pajot, T.G. Phillips, G.J. Stacey

Published: 2000-03-24T17:56:47.000Z

## Abstract

SAFIRE is a versatile imaging Fabry-Perot spectrograph covering 145 to 655 microns, with spectral resolving powers ranging over 5-10,000. Selected as a "PI" instrument for the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), SAFIRE will apply two-dimensional pop-up bolometer arrays to provide background-limited imaging spectrometry. Superconducting transition edge bolometers and SQUID multiplexers are being developed for these detectors. SAFIRE is expected to be a "First Light" instrument, useable during the initial SOFIA operations. Although a PI instrument rather than a "Facility Class" science instrument, it will be highly integrated with the standard SOFIA planning, observation, and data analysis tools.

## Recorded benchmark results

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0003387>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0003387.pdf>)