@inproceedings{bd1fd541c5b84facb636dc5c9f8598a6,
title = "Efficient and versatile internal reference sources for remote sensing space telescopes",
abstract = "Access to an internal calibration reference system during flight is an important requirement for contemporary remote sensing missions. L-3 Communications SSG-Tinsley has designed, built, and tested a novel internal calibration source based on ribbon sources. Via a flip-in mirror, the source assembly couples light through the field stop of an off-axis reimaging telescope to provide a reliable test of the following optics and electronics. Non-imaging illumination design principles assure uniform illumination of the sensor focal plane at levels adjustable over a very wide dynamic range. The source assembly can be packaged into a compact, lightweight, and efficient flight unit for convenient installation at an accessible location on the telescope. While the prototype source was specifically designed to match the GIFTS telescope as a representative example of an off-axis re-imaging telescope, the design principles are flexible to allow optimization for any comparable telescope system.",
keywords = "Calibration, Compound parabolic concentrator, Dynamic range, Illumination, Integrating sphere, Non-imaging, Optics, Reference, Remote sensing, Repeatability, Stability, Telescope, Uniformity",
author = "Kintner, {Eric C.} and Wong, {Wallace K.} and Jacobs, {Eric S.} and Cucchiaro, {Paul J.} and {John Koshel}, R.",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1117/12.684214",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0819463760",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing XIV",
note = "Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing XIV ; Conference date: 15-08-2006 Through 17-08-2006",
}