This presentation outlines a general optical design for coronagraphs working in both the visible-light (VL) and UV/EUV wavelength ranges by combining the use of reflective, multilayer-coated or interference-coated optics with Lyot stops. This design has been successfully applied to a sub-orbital coronagraph. Another version of this novel design for visible-light/EUV coronagraphs uses an inverted-occultation design in order to minimize the solar flux entering the instrument. This design has been used for the coronagraph - METIS - on board the ESA Solar Orbital mission. The current optical configuration of METIS adopted for the Solar Orbiter mission includes Visible-light and UV imaging. However, the innovative inverted-occultation concept is flexible enough that it can also accommodate a EUV spectrograph maintaining the same basic optical layout. The paper also describes the potential capabilities of the inverted-occulter coronagraph as a VL/UV imager and EUV spectrograph for future solar missions.
Novel Space Coronagraphs: METIS, a flexible optical design for multi-wavelength imaging and spectrography / S. Fineschi;E. Antonucci;M. Romoli;A. Bemporad;G. Capobianco;G. Crescenzio;G. Nicolini;G. Massone;D. Telloni;M. Focardi;F. Landini;M. Pancrazzi;L. Poletto;M. G. Pelizzo;V. D. Deppo;J. D. Moses;V. Andretta;G. Naletto;P. Nicolosi;D. Spadaro;A. Berlicki;M. Uslenghi;M. Malvezzi;L. Teriaca;L. Abbo;E. Magli. - STAMPA. - 8862:(2013), pp. 18-29. (Intervento presentato al convegno Solar Physics and Space Weather Instrumentation V tenutosi a San Diego (California) nel 25-26 agosto 2013) [10.1117/12.2028544].
Novel Space Coronagraphs: METIS, a flexible optical design for multi-wavelength imaging and spectrography
ROMOLI, MARCO;M. Pancrazzi;
2013
Abstract
This presentation outlines a general optical design for coronagraphs working in both the visible-light (VL) and UV/EUV wavelength ranges by combining the use of reflective, multilayer-coated or interference-coated optics with Lyot stops. This design has been successfully applied to a sub-orbital coronagraph. Another version of this novel design for visible-light/EUV coronagraphs uses an inverted-occultation design in order to minimize the solar flux entering the instrument. This design has been used for the coronagraph - METIS - on board the ESA Solar Orbital mission. The current optical configuration of METIS adopted for the Solar Orbiter mission includes Visible-light and UV imaging. However, the innovative inverted-occultation concept is flexible enough that it can also accommodate a EUV spectrograph maintaining the same basic optical layout. The paper also describes the potential capabilities of the inverted-occulter coronagraph as a VL/UV imager and EUV spectrograph for future solar missions.I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.