Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Optical Subsystem Development and Testing

Steve A. Macenka

doi:10.1117/12.936404

19 January 1984 Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Optical Subsystem Development and Testing

Steve A. Macenka

Proceedings Volume 0430, Infrared Technology IX; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936404
Event: 27th Annual Technical Symposium, 1983, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) is one of the four remote-sensing science instruments of the Galileo Orbiter scientific payload. The NIMS scientific objectives re-quire operating the detector and optical subsystem at cryogenic temperatures. The necessity of assembling, aligning, and testing the optics at room temperature and meeting design speci-fications at the cryogenic operating temperature (130 K) presented a set of challenging technical problems. A systematic approach to the development of athermalized mounts and supporting structures for optical components is described. A technique utilizing the visible spectral range and supplementary ray-trace information for alignment of an infrared instrument is presented. The optical subsystem point-spread function and spatial and spectral resolution were determined at room temperature using selected spectral and spatial targets. Based on thermal-distortion analyses of the structure and mounts, compensators were selected, implemented, and verified at cryogenic temperatures. The selection of the compensator and the overall system performance were verified in a thermal vacuum chamber. Various external and internal calibration targets were used.

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Steve A. Macenka "Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Optical Subsystem Development and Testing", Proc. SPIE 0430, Infrared Technology IX, (19 January 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936404

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