Optical stimulus for the calibration of the Ultraviolet and Optical Telescope (UVOT) for Swift

Manuel A. Quijada; Joseph Stock; Ray Boucarut; Timo T. Saha; Tim Madison; Tim Zukowski

doi:10.1117/12.506389

3 February 2004 Optical stimulus for the calibration of the Ultraviolet and Optical Telescope (UVOT) for SWIFT

Manuel A. Quijada, Joseph Stock, Ray Boucarut, Timo T. Saha, Tim Madison, Tim Zukowski

Proceedings Volume 5165, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506389
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Ultraviolet and Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of the three astronomical instruments onboard the SWIFT spacecraft. The optical calibration of this instrument, which was done prior to integration to the SWIFT spacecraft optical bench, is key to determine if UVOT will meet its science objectives. In this paper, we describe the optical ground support equipment (GSE) used for the calibration of UVOT. These tests, which were carried out in the Diffraction Grating Evaluation Facility (DGEF), at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, required building an optical stimulus. We report the radiometric measurements of all the optical components used in putting together this stimulus. This includes a vacuum collimator with a Cassegrain design, a Pt/Cr-Ne light source, a complete set of neutral density filters spanning 6 orders of magnitude in transmission levels, a set of narrow-band filters matching the center of each of the six bands of UVOT, a set of pinholes of various sizes, flat fielding diffusers, and a set of parabolic mirrors.

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Manuel A. Quijada, Joseph Stock, Ray Boucarut, Timo T. Saha, Tim Madison, and Tim Zukowski "Optical stimulus for the calibration of the Ultraviolet and Optical Telescope (UVOT) for SWIFT", Proc. SPIE 5165, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII, (3 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506389

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