CHARA/FLUOR: updates and performance

In 2002, the Fiber Linked Unit for Optical Recombination (FLUOR) has been moved from the Infrared Optical Telescope Array (IOTA) to the CHARA Array. We present here the main upgrades that followed the installation, the new features installed, including spectral dispersion, and the current capabilities of the instrument.

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