Ultra-compact imaging spectrometer for the lunar surface (UCIS-Moon): instrument alignment and laboratory optical performance

Holly A. Bender; Abigail A. Fraeman; Christopher D. Smith; Megan S. Gibson; Robert O. Green; David R. Thompson; Michael L. Eastwood; Quentin Vinckier; Mark C. Helmlinger; Byron E. Van Gorp; Ian M. Mckinley; Charles M. Sarture; Pantazis Mouroulis

doi:10.1117/12.2678070

20 October 2023 Ultra-compact imaging spectrometer for the lunar surface (UCIS-Moon): instrument alignment and laboratory optical performance

Holly A. Bender, Abigail A. Fraeman, Christopher D. Smith, Megan S. Gibson, Robert O. Green, David R. Thompson, Michael L. Eastwood, Quentin Vinckier, Mark C. Helmlinger, Byron E. Van Gorp, Ian M. Mckinley, Charles M. Sarture, Pantazis Mouroulis

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Proceedings Volume 12688, Imaging Spectrometry XXVI: Applications, Sensors, and Processing; 126880J (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678070
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

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The Ultra-Compact Imaging Spectrometer Moon (UCIS-Moon) instrument is a pushbroom shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging spectrometer prototype developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology under the Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation (DALI) program. It is designed for integration with a lander or rover for lunar surface science missions. Operating over a 0.6 to 3.6 micron spectral range with 10 nm sampling and a 36 degree field of view, UCIS-Moon is capable of detecting spectral absorptions from common lunar materials, OH species, molecular H₂O, water ice, organics, and placing mineral identifications within an established geologic context at the cm to m scale. We discuss instrument assembly, alignment, and measured laboratory optical performance, which meets or exceeds the high-uniformity and high-resolution requirements while achieving a wide spectral range, field of view, and environmental tolerance, with limited mass and power resources. As such, the UCIS-Moon imaging spectrometer is well-suited to address key science questions about lunar geology, the abundance, sources, and sinks of volatiles at the Moon, and the distribution of possible in situ resources for future human exploration.

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Holly A. Bender, Abigail A. Fraeman, Christopher D. Smith, Megan S. Gibson, Robert O. Green, David R. Thompson, Michael L. Eastwood, Quentin Vinckier, Mark C. Helmlinger, Byron E. Van Gorp, Ian M. Mckinley, Charles M. Sarture, and Pantazis Mouroulis "Ultra-compact imaging spectrometer for the lunar surface (UCIS-Moon): instrument alignment and laboratory optical performance", Proc. SPIE 12688, Imaging Spectrometry XXVI: Applications, Sensors, and Processing, 126880J (20 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678070

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