Far Infrared Imaging Spectrometer for Large Aperture Infrared Telescope System

摘要

This report describes a Far Infrared Spectrometer for a Large Aperture Infrared Telescope System. The objective was to develop a technology base to support the Space Based Space Surveillance Program for the identification of cold objects in the earth limb or deep space. The program emphasized also certain basic infrared astrophysics problems related to the kinematics and composition of extended infrared objects, their energetics, and the evolutionary state. The instrument described is a high resolution Fabry-Perot spectrometer (1000 < Resolution < 10000) for wavelengths from about 50 to 200 micrometers, employing extended field diffraction limited imaging. Keywords: Infrared, Optics, Space Surveillance. (MJM)