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3 October 2024 A vacuum-compatible, spectrally tuneable, flat panel uniform source for testing large aperture earth observation systems
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Abstract
Labsphere, Inc. in conjunction with NASA GSFC and Genesis Engineering Solutions Inc., has developed an innovative, vacuum compatible, calibration spectro-radiometric illumination source with a highly uniform large-area rectangular flat panel active area. This device features a uniquely shaped diffuse integration geometry to achieve high uniformity over a large active output area while maintaining a smaller and more robust overall form-factor when compared to previous designs or integrating spheres. A new liquid-cooled hybrid quartz-tungsten (QT) and light emitting diode (LED) source module has been engineered to provide direct-in-vacuum reference illumination over the full dynamic range and spectrum of the VIIRS instrument’s optical bands during pre-launch testing. The first unit has been demonstrated to meet its requirements using ambient technology and a fully-vacuum-compatible second unit is planned to allow testing in thermal vacuum (TVAC) campaigns. This technology is flexible and capable of meeting the needs of many other instruments/missions requiring this type of test/calibration capability.
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Jeffrey Holt, Julia Barsi, Theodore Schwarz, Eugene Waluschka, Mark Schwarz, Robert Bousquet, Craig Kent, Paul Mascia, Robert Lambeck, Luke Dobrowski, Boryana Efremova, and Dan Scharpf "A vacuum-compatible, spectrally tuneable, flat panel uniform source for testing large aperture earth observation systems", Proc. SPIE 13143, Earth Observing Systems XXIX, 1314306 (3 October 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3023845
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KEYWORDS
Vacuum

Equipment

Light emitting diodes

Satellites

Vacuum chambers

Light sources and illumination

Calibration

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