Feasibility study of an image slicer for future space application

Calcines, A.; Ichimoto, K.

doi:10.1117/12.2053580

Feasibility study of an image slicer for future space application

Calcines, A.; Ichimoto, K.

Authors

Dr Ariadna Calcines Rosario ariadna.calcines@durham.ac.uk
Head of Optical Design - CfAI

K. Ichimoto

Contributors

Jacobus M. Oschmann Jr.
Editor

Mark Clampin
Editor

Giovanni G. Fazio
Editor

Howard A. MacEwen
Editor

Abstract

This communication presents the feasibility study of an image slicer for future space missions, especially for the integral field unit (IFU) of the SUVIT (Solar UV-Visible-IR telescope) spectro-polarimeter on board the Japanese-led solar space mission Solar-C as a backup option. The MuSICa (Multi-Slit Image slicer based on collimator-Camera) image slicer concept, originally developed for the European Solar Telescope, has been adapted to the SUVIT requirements. The IFU will reorganizes a 2-D field of view of 10 x 10 arcsec2 into three slits of 0.18 arcsec width by 185.12 arcsec length using flat slicer mirrors of 100 μm width. The layout of MuSICa for Solar-C is telecentric and offers an optical quality limited by diffraction. The entrance for the SUVIT spectro-polarimeter is composed by the three IFU slits and one ordinal long slit to study, using high resolution spectro-polarimetry, the solar atmosphere (Photosphere and Chromosphere) within a spectral range between 520 nm (optionally 280 nm) and 1,100 nm.

Citation

Calcines, A., & Ichimoto, K. (2014). Feasibility study of an image slicer for future space application. In J. M. Oschmann Jr., M. Clampin, G. G. Fazio, & H. A. MacEwen (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053580

Conference Name	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014
Conference Location	Montréal, Québec
Online Publication Date	Aug 2, 2014
Publication Date	2014
Deposit Date	Sep 25, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Jan 19, 2023
Volume	9143
Series ISSN	0277-786X
Book Title	Proceedings Volume 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053580
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1145459

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