Tridimensional Spectroscopic Techniques: Conference Summary

Abstract

Over the last four days, we have enjoyed a wide range of talks on developments in three dimensional spectroscopic techniques. The conference organizing committee are to be congratulated for the artful manner in which instrumental presentations were interleaved with talks on the scientific results from these instruments. The general thrust of most talks was to advance the versatility of traditional instruments either through the Jacquinot (throughput) advantage or through the multiplex advantage, or both. A number of groups have attempted to utilize the full aperture of scanning Fabry-Perot and Fourier Transform interferometers. Arguably, Fabry-Perot interferometers have a wider application at present, although imaging Fourier Transform devices appear to have finally arrived, at least in the near infrared.