Feasibility study of an image slicer for future space application

Calcines, A.; Ichimoto, K.

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, December). Feasibility study of an image slicer for future space application. Presented at Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Québec

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014
• 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