The influence of micro-vibration on space-borne Fourier transform spectrometers

Shaojun Bai; Lizhou Hou; Junyu Ke

doi:10.1117/12.2071316

18 November 2014 The influence of micro-vibration on space-borne Fourier transform spectrometers

Shaojun Bai, Lizhou Hou, Junyu Ke

Proceedings Volume 9298, International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application 2014: Imaging Spectroscopy; and Telescopes and Large Optics; 92980I (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071316
Event: International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application 2014, 2014, Beijing, China

Abstract

The space-borne Fourier Transform Spectrometers (FTS) are widely used for atmospheric studies and planetary explorations. An adapted version of the classical Michelson interferometer have succeeded in several space missions, which utilized a rotating arm carrying a pair of cube corner retro-reflectors to produce a variable optical path difference (OPD), and a metrology laser source to generate the trigger signals. One characteristic of this kind of FTS is that it is highly sensitive to micro-vibration disturbances. However, a variety of mechanical disturbances are present as the satellite is in orbit, such as flying wheels, pointing mechanisms and cryocoolers. Therefore, this paper investigates the influence of micro-vibration on the space-borne FTS. Firstly, the interferogram of metrology laser under harmonic disturbances is analyzed. The results show that the zero crossings of interferogram shift periodically, and it gives rise to ghost lines in the retrieved spectra. The amplitudes of ghost lines increase rapidly with the increasing of micro-vibration levels. As to the system that employs the constant OPD sampling strategy, the effect of zero-crossing shifting is reduced significantly. Nevertheless, the time delays between the reference signal and the main signal acquisition are inevitable because of the electronic circuit. Thus, the effect of time delays on the interferogram and eventually on the spectra is simulated. The analysis suggests that the amplitudes of ghost line in spectra increase with the increasing of time delay intervals.

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Shaojun Bai, Lizhou Hou, and Junyu Ke "The influence of micro-vibration on space-borne Fourier transform spectrometers", Proc. SPIE 9298, International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application 2014: Imaging Spectroscopy; and Telescopes and Large Optics, 92980I (18 November 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071316

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Fourier transforms

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