Application of the intensified CCD to airglow and auroral measurements
Abstract
New detector technology exemplified by advanced CCD and intensified CCD (ICCD) systems have important advantages for both spectrographic and imaging research. However, to realize the full potential of this new technology, the detector and the optical system as a whole must be considered. It is frequently not enough to simply substitute an ICCD for an earlier detector; rather, to achieve optimum results, the optics must be adapted to the specific detector. Properly designed airglow spectrographs based on the ICCD detector offer the advantages of high throughput over a broad spectral range, precise wavelength stability, low noise, and compactness. Imagers having the wide field and the high sensitivity needed for airglow research are practical as well.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- June 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.31.003097
- Bibcode:
- 1992ApOpt..31.3097B
- Keywords:
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- Airglow;
- Auroras;
- Charge Coupled Devices;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Spectral Resolution;
- Spectrographs;
- Fabry-Perot Interferometers;
- High Resolution;
- Monochromators;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation;
- IMAGING SYSTEMS;
- ATMOSPHERES;
- SPACE OPTICS;
- SPECTROGRAPHS;
- CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES