Investigation on the high efficiency volume Bragg gratings performances for spectrometry in space environment: preliminary results

Jérôme Loicq; Luis Miguel Gaspar Venancio; Marc Georges

doi:10.1117/12.925409

21 September 2012 Investigation on the high efficiency volume Bragg gratings performances for spectrometry in space environment: preliminary results

Jérôme Loicq, Luis Miguel Gaspar Venancio, Marc Georges

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Proceedings Volume 8442, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 84424Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925409
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The special properties of Volume Bragg Gratings (VBGs) make them good candidates for spectrometry applications where high spectral resolution, low level of straylight and low polarisation sensitivity are required. Therefore it is of interest to assess the maturity and suitability of VBGs as enabling technology for future ESA missions with demanding requirements for spectrometry. The VBGs suitability for space application is being investigated in the frame of a project led by CSL and funded by the European Space Agency. The goal of this work is twofold: first the theoretical advantages and drawbacks of VBGs with respect to other technologies with identical functionalities are assessed, and second the performances of VBG samples in a representative space environment are experimentally evaluated. The performances of samples of two VBGs technologies, the Photo-Thermo-Refractive (PTR) glass and the DiChromated Gelatine (DCG), are assessed and compared in the Hα, O₂-B and NIR bands. The tests are performed under vacuum condition combined with temperature cycling in the range of 200 K to 300K. A dedicated test bench experiment is designed to evaluate the impact of temperature on the spectral efficiency and to determine the optical wavefront error of the diffracted beam. Furthermore the diffraction efficiency degradation under gamma irradiation is assessed. Finally the straylight, the diffraction efficiency under conical incidence and the polarisation sensitivity is evaluated.

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Jérôme Loicq, Luis Miguel Gaspar Venancio, and Marc Georges "Investigation on the high efficiency volume Bragg gratings performances for spectrometry in space environment: preliminary results", Proc. SPIE 8442, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 84424Z (21 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925409

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