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Title: Flare Sentinel - a compact integral field spectrograph for observations of solar flares from space
This paper describes Flare Sentinel, a compact integral field spectrograph (IFS) for the study of the hydrogen Balmer series spectrum from 350 to 450 nm of solar flare from space. Flare Sentinel IFS is based on a new Machined Image Slicer Compact Spectrograph Array (MICS) design. MICS consists of an image slicer that divides a continuous 2D spatial field formed by an imaging system into multiple narrow slices, and an array of miniature spectrographs, each forming the spectra of one of the slices of the 2D field. The spectra formed by all the miniature spectrographs can be projected on a common 2D focal plane to be recorded by an image sensors. The spectra can also be distributed to multiple focal planes and recorded simultaneously by multiple sensors to increase the instantaneous hyperspectral field of view of the instrument. New image slicers with slit width of 36 um and 20 um have been successfully fabricated using Canon Inc.’s ultra-precision diamond-cutting CNC mill. This capability is enabling design and fabrication of IFSs with imaging format of 102 × 102 , and spectral resolution between 100 < R < 10, 000 in a very compact package. We will present the optical design and the optical hardware of a prototype IFS that has been fabricated.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1727095
PAR ID:
10495239
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ;
Editor(s):
Minoglou, Kyriaki; Karafolas, Nikos; Cugny, Bruno
Publisher / Repository:
SPIE
Date Published:
Journal Name:
SPIE Proceedings International Conference on Space Optics
ISBN:
9781510668034
Page Range / eLocation ID:
195
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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