Description and ray-tracing simulations of HYPE: a far-ultraviolet polarimetric spatial-heterodyne spectrometer

Yan Bétrémieux; Jason Corliss; Mark B. Vincent; Frédéric E. Vincent; Fred L. Roesler; Walter M. Harris

doi:10.1117/12.856504

29 July 2010 Description and ray-tracing simulations of HYPE: a far-ultraviolet polarimetric spatial-heterodyne spectrometer

Yan Bétrémieux, Jason Corliss, Mark B. Vincent, Frédéric E. Vincent, Fred L. Roesler, Walter M. Harris

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Proceedings Volume 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 77322C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856504
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Temperature and velocity-distribution remote-sensing of faint diffuse sources such as the interplanetary medium (IPM), comets and planetary atmospheres, is an instrumental challenge that becomes more pronounced in the ultraviolet. All-reflective Spatial-Heterodyne Spectrometers (SHS), an emerging new class of instruments that combines both high étendue and high resolving power (greater than 10⁵), are ideally suited to these types of observations. Their all-reflective configuration and their self-compensating monolithic design enable them to operate under the tight tolerances of the ultraviolet and to survive the rigors of space launch. An in-development sounding-rocket experiment, the Hydrogen Polarimetric Explorer (HYPE), will merge an all-reflective SHS with a half-wave Brewster reflection polarimeter to obtain the first interferometric polarimetry of an ultraviolet emission line source. Its initial flight will target the IPM at the hydrogen Lyman-alpha transition (121.6nm). HYPE's novel optical configuration also combines several improvements in reflective SHS design, including true zero-path interferometry, no aliasing, and one-dimensional imaging. The optical layout and performance of the HYPE prototype will be described along with simulation results from ray-tracing computations.

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Yan Bétrémieux, Jason Corliss, Mark B. Vincent, Frédéric E. Vincent, Fred L. Roesler, and Walter M. Harris "Description and ray-tracing simulations of HYPE: a far-ultraviolet polarimetric spatial-heterodyne spectrometer", Proc. SPIE 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 77322C (29 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856504

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