Versatile dual focal plane imaging radiometer

Gary L. Jensen

doi:10.1117/12.185828

14 September 1994 Versatile dual focal plane imaging radiometer

Gary L. Jensen

Proceedings Volume 2268, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.185828
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University built an infrared imaging radiometer with dual, large-format detector arrays and a passively cooled telescope for low earth orbit. The confocal detector arrays include a 128 X 128 HgCdTe array operating from 4.5 to 7.5 micrometers and a 256 X 256 InSb array operating from 2.0 to 4.5 micrometers . These arrays yield simultaneous dual-band images. A 13 cm aperture, passively cooled telescope with single- axis scan mirror gives high system sensitivity, excellent image quality, and precision tracking of targets and backgrounds without the usual complexity of cooled optics. High speed cryogenic filter wheels with 6 to 8 filters per detector provide for rapid band selection. A modular cooling system allows the detector arrays and filters to be cooled using either a mechanical cryocooler or a solid cryogen cryostat depending on mission requirements. An on-board calibration source performs pixel-to-pixel uniformity correction on- orbit.

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Gary L. Jensen "Versatile dual focal plane imaging radiometer", Proc. SPIE 2268, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing II, (14 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.185828

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