Design, Validation and Prototype Testing of a High Resolution All- Reflection Michelson Interferometer for Solar Occultation Measurements of the OI 1304-A Triplet Emission

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Abstract:

A prototype All-Reflection Michelson Interferometer AMI was tested using two different diffraction gratings and a variety of light sources. The original design used a focusing lens, a pinhole aperture and an off-axis parabolic mirror for collimation, a plane diffraction grating and two plane mirrors to divide and recombine the light and a CCD camera to record the interference pattern. Interference patterns were recorded and analyzed in the Interactive Data Language IDL using Fourier transform techniques. The design was then modified to approximate an actual instrument for remote observations of the atomic oxygen 1304-A triplet emission. The results of numerous experiments using both the original and modified instruments verified the feasibility of using the AMI as a compact, lightweight, high resolution instrument for use on sounding rocket or satellite platforms. Spectroscopy, Interferometer, All- reflection michelson interferometer, OI 1304-A Emission

Author(s):
Gill, Michael W.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis
Pagination:
0094

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NPS
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution
Modernization Areas:
Quantum Science and Computing; Space
Communities of Interest:
Air Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*IONOSPHERE, *THERMOSPHERE, *ELECTRON DENSITY, *MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS, *PROTOTYPES, FOURIER TRANSFORMATION, HIGH FREQUENCY, LIGHT, HIGH RESOLUTION, WEATHER FORECASTING, PATTERNS, INTERFERENCE, CAMERAS, ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES, PLATFORMS, DIFFRACTION, LIGHT SOURCES, GRATINGS(SPECTRA), OXYGEN, OCCULTATION, CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES, SOUNDING ROCKETS, ROCKETS, OVER THE HORIZON RADAR, APERTURES, RECORDS, FOCUSING, LIGHTWEIGHT, RADIO BROADCASTING, REFLECTION, THESES, OBSERVATION, SPECTROSCOPY, MIRRORS, EMISSION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Atmospheric Physics, Optics
Keyword(s):
*ATOMIC OXYGEN, IDL(INTERACTIVE DATA LANGAUGE), AMI(ALL REFLECTION NICHELSON INTERFEROMETER)
Report Date:
1994 Jun 01