Description: On the assembly and calibration of a spatial heterodyne interferometer for limb sounding of the middle atmosphere

This title appears in the Scientific Report : 2019

On the assembly and calibration of a spatial heterodyne interferometer for limb sounding of the middle atmosphere

Spatial heterodyne interferometers are an enabling technology to build highly miniaturized optical instruments for the observation of faint emissions in the atmosphere. They are particularly suited for the deployment on nano- or micro-satellite constellations. One application of the SHI technology i...

Personal Name(s):	Kaufmann, Martin (Corresponding author)
	Olschewski, Friedhelm / Mantel, Klaus / Wroblowski, Oliver / Chen, Qiuyu / Liu, Jilin / Gong, Qiuchen / Wei, Daikan / Zhu, Yajun / Neubert, Tom / Rongen, Heinz / Koppmann, Ralf / Riese, Martin
Contributing Institute:	Stratosphäre; IEK-7 Zentralinstitut für Elektronik; ZEA-2
Published in:	CEAS space journal, 11 (2019) 4, S. 525-531
Imprint:	Wien [u.a.] Springer 2019
DOI:	10.1007/s12567-019-00262-y
Document Type:	Journal Article
Research Program:	Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and middle atmosphere
Link:	OpenAccess OpenAccess
	Publikationsportal JuSER

Please use the identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/23459 in citations.
Please use the identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12567-019-00262-y in citations.

Spatial heterodyne interferometers are an enabling technology to build highly miniaturized optical instruments for the observation of faint emissions in the atmosphere. They are particularly suited for the deployment on nano- or micro-satellite constellations. One application of the SHI technology is a middle atmosphere temperature sounder based on the measurement of relative intensities emitted by the O2 atmospheric band system. Beside basic design considerations, aspects of the opto-mechanical design and assembly of a monolithic SHI for a space application are addressed. For the characterization of such an instrument, a light stimulus based on a Köhler illuminator is presented.