Chen, Xiangwen and Kenyon, Matthew E. and Johnson, William R. and Blacksberg, Jordana and Wilson, Daniel W. and Raymond, Carol A. and Ehlmann, Bethany L. (2022) Mid- and long-wave infrared point spectrometer (MLPS): a miniature space-borne science instrument. Optics Express, 30 (10). pp. 17476-17489. ISSN 1094-4087. doi:10.1364/oe.456057. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20220722-768751000
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The mid- and long-wave infrared point spectrometer (MLPS) is an infrared point spectrometer that utilizes unique technologies to meet the spectral coverage, spectral sampling, and field-of-view (FOV) requirements of many future space-borne missions in a small volume with modest power consumption. MLPS simultaneously acquires high resolution mid-wave infrared (∼2–4 µm) and long-wave infrared (∼5.5–11 µm) measurements from a single, integrated instrument. The broadband response of MLPS can measure spectroscopically resolved reflected and thermally emitted radiation from a wide range of targets and return compositional, mineralogic, and thermophysical science from a single data set. We have built a prototype MLPS and performed end-to-end testing under vacuum showing that the measured spectral response and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for both the mid-wave infrared (MIR) and long-wave infrared (LIR) channels of MLPS agree with established instrument models.
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| Additional Information: | © 2022 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement. Received 11 Feb 2022; revised 11 Mar 2022; accepted 14 Mar 2022; published 6 May 2022. The authors thank Dean Johnson of JPL for providing Ricor cryocooler information; Sir (Don) B. Rafol of JPL for providing characteristic data of BIRD; Byeong H. Eom of JPL for valuable comments and discussions on thermopile ROIC characterization. Funding. Jet Propulsion Laboratory; National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Data availability. Data underlying the results presented in this paper are not publicly available at this time but may be obtained from the authors upon reasonable request. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. | ||||||
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| Issue or Number: | 10 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1364/oe.456057 | ||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20220722-768751000 | ||||||
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| Official Citation: | Xiangwen Chen, Matthew E. Kenyon, William R. Johnson, Jordana Blacksberg, Daniel W. Wilson, Carol A. Raymond, and Bethany L. Ehlmann, "Mid- and long-wave infrared point spectrometer (MLPS): a miniature space-borne science instrument," Opt. Express 30, 17476-17489 (2022) | ||||||
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| Deposited By: | George Porter | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 26 Jul 2022 20:32 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2022 20:20 |
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