Alignment and calibration of the ICON-FUV instrument: development of a vacuum UV facility

Jerome Loicq; Pascal Blain; Christian Kintziger; Richard Desselle; Yvan Stockman; Isabelle Domken; Etienne Renotte; Lionel Clermont; Kodi Rider; Cathy Chou; Claire Poppett; Harald U. Frey; Stephen B. Mende

doi:10.1117/12.2233192

18 July 2016 Alignment and calibration of the ICON-FUV instrument: development of a vacuum UV facility

Jerome Loicq, Pascal Blain, Christian Kintziger, Richard Desselle, Yvan Stockman, Isabelle Domken, Etienne Renotte, Lionel Clermont, Kodi Rider, Cathy Chou, Claire Poppett, Harald U. Frey, Stephen B. Mende

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Proceedings Volume 9905, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 99052W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233192
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The optical calibration of the ICON-FUV instrument requires designing specific ground support equipment (GSE). The ICON-FUV instrument is a spectrographic imager that operates on two specific wavelengths in the UV (135.6 nm and 157 nm). All the operations have to be performed under vacuum UV light. The optical setup is based on a VUV monochromator coupled with a collimator that illuminates the FUV entrance slit. The instrument is placed on a manipulator providing fields pointing. Image quality and spectral properties can be then characterized for each field. OGSE, MGSE, optical calibration plan and vacuum alignment of the instrument are described.

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Jerome Loicq, Pascal Blain, Christian Kintziger, Richard Desselle, Yvan Stockman, Isabelle Domken, Etienne Renotte, Lionel Clermont, Kodi Rider, Cathy Chou, Claire Poppett, Harald U. Frey, and Stephen B. Mende "Alignment and calibration of the ICON-FUV instrument: development of a vacuum UV facility", Proc. SPIE 9905, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 99052W (18 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233192

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