Miniaturization high-resolution NUV-VIS-NIR imaging spectrometer array for FAST SAT applications
- Science and Engineering Associates Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL (United States)
The authors report here the design of an instrument needed to study processes relevant to the natural destruction of ozone in the upper atmosphere. They report the design of a miniature Imaging Spectrometer Array (ISA) for observations of the daytime and nighttime mesosphere, capable of operating in a spectral range extending from the near-ultraviolet (NUV) to the near-infrared (NIR). The instrument comprises an array of f/2 all-reflective imaging spectrometers with a 6{degree} field of view. The design comprises an offset single aspheric toroidal telescope mirror, a slit, an offset aspheric toroidal collimator, a plane reflective grating and a camera with three offset decentered aspheric mirrors. The optical system has a 75 mm effective focal length and ca. 7.5 {micro}m spot size. The slit image curvature distortion for the system is <7.5 {micro}m. Sampling of the image plane is provided by a 1317x1035 spatial x spectral pixel CCD array with 6.8 {micro}m x 6.8 {micro}m pixel size. Three modules of the array cover the wavelength range 260 to 400 and 550 to 870 nm at 0.3 nm spectral resolution. One high resolution module covers the range 306 to 310 at 0.05 nm resolution. The readout electronics software allows the 1317 spatial pixels to be summed into any number of selectable bin sizes incurring a single read per bin. Since much of the full slit sensitivity is attributable to the large (6{degree}) field of view, the slit could be slanted with respect to the vertical, in order to enhance the sensitivity per vertical spatial bin, at the cost of some horizontal smearing. The instrument offers a powerful means for conducting comprehensive spectroscopy studies of the lower thermosphere and mesosphere, since the overall performance is better than that of the Imaging Spectrometric Observatory (ISO) flown on the ATLAS 1 shuttle mission in 1992. The weight and size reduction from the ISO to the ISA are approximately 270 kg to <15 kg, and 20 cu ft to 1 cu ft respectively.
- OSTI ID:
- 227953
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940723-; ISBN 0-8194-1590-1; TRN: IM9622%%230
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual meeting of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, San Diego, CA (United States), 24-29 Jul 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Optical spectroscopic techniques and instrumentation for atmospheric and space research; Wang, J.; Hays, P.B. [eds.]; PB: 662 p.; Proceedings/SPIE, Volume 2266
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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