Proton radiation testing of digital micromirror devices for space applications

Fourspring, Kenneth D.; Ninkov, Zoran; Fodness, B.; Robberto, M.; Heap, S. R.; Kim, Alex

doi:10.1117/1.oe.52.9.091807

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“…Radiation is, of course, a further critical issue for space missions [17] and will be analysed for this MMA technology in detail in future activities. First radiation test experiments on other MMA technologies, however, have already been carried out in the past [18], [19].…”

Section: Analysis and Test In Space Relevant Environmental Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a spatial light modulator technology for space applications: performance analysis under the environmental conditions

González

Berndt

Gallego

et al. 2023

International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022

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Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) technologies are well established in many application fields over the last decades. Addressing challenging operational conditions, a special class of high-speed SLMs has emerged over the past 20 years, namely Micromirror Array (MMA) devices. Fraunhofer IPMS MMA technology has enabled several ultraviolet photolithography applications at industrial scale. Given the fact that these devices are available for scientific testing, we proposed to explore for the first time their functionality and performance with respect to the space application requirements for the European framework cooperation. Previous studies strongly support this approach with the investigation of several SLM technologies for space instrumentation.In this study, the key parameters of an already available 256 x 256 pixel MMA device have been assessed and its performance has been evaluated under environmental constraints of a future space mission, in terms of temperature (from -40 °C to 80 °C), vacuum (< 10 -5 mbar) and vibrations in X-, Y-and Z-axes, showing zero failure rate for the MMA device after all tests. These experimental findings, together with simulations results, confirm the robustness of the MMA technology, especially against temperature changes, and encourage further activities for the development of a spacecustomized spatial light modulator technology.

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Section: Analysis and Test In Space Relevant Environmental Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a spatial light modulator technology for space applications: performance analysis under the environmental conditions

González

Berndt

Gallego

et al. 2023

International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022

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“…NASA has funded a Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) program (PI Ninkov, ATLAS team member) to raise the TRL level of DMDs to TRL5-6 before the 2020 Decadal Survey. DMDs have successfully passed proton and heavy-ion irradiation testing (Fourspring et al 2013,Travinsky et al 2016. Following NASA General Environmental Verification Standard (GEVS), the team performed random vibration, sine burst, and mechanical shock testing of manufacturer-sealed DMDs (Vorobiev et al 2016) and of devices re-windowed for better UV and IR capabilities (Quijada et al 2016).…”

Section: Atlas Probe: Technology Driversmentioning

confidence: 99%

ATLAS probe: Breakthrough science of galaxy evolution, cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System

Wang

Robberto

Dickinson³

et al. 2019

Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust.

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Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe is a concept for a National Aeronautics and Space Administration probe-class space mission that will achieve ground-breaking science in the fields of galaxy evolution, cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System. It is the follow-up space mission to Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), boosting its scientific return by obtaining deep 1–4 μm slit spectroscopy for ∼70% of all galaxies imaged by the ∼2 000 deg2WFIRST High Latitude Survey atz> 0.5. Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy will measure accurate and precise redshifts for ∼200 M galaxies out toz< 7, and deliver spectra that enable a wide range of diagnostic studies of the physical properties of galaxies over most of cosmic history. Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe and WFIRST together will produce a 3D map of the Universe over 2 000 deg2, the definitive data sets for studying galaxy evolution, probing dark matter, dark energy and modifications of General Relativity, and quantifying the 3D structure and stellar content of the Milky Way. Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe science spans four broad categories: (1) Revolutionising galaxy evolution studies by tracing the relation between galaxies and dark matter from galaxy groups to cosmic voids and filaments, from the epoch of reionisation through the peak era of galaxy assembly; (2) Opening a new window into the dark Universe by weighing the dark matter filaments using 3D weak lensing with spectroscopic redshifts, and obtaining definitive measurements of dark energy and modification of General Relativity using galaxy clustering; (3) Probing the Milky Way’s dust-enshrouded regions, reaching the far side of our Galaxy; and (4) Exploring the formation history of the outer Solar System by characterising Kuiper Belt Objects. Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe is a 1.5 m telescope with a field of view of 0.4 deg2, and uses digital micro-mirror devices as slit selectors. It has a spectroscopic resolution ofR= 1 000, and a wavelength range of 1–4 μm. The lack of slit spectroscopy from space over a wide field of view is the obvious gap in current and planned future space missions; Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy fills this big gap with an unprecedented spectroscopic capability based on digital micro-mirror devices (with an estimated spectroscopic multiplex factor greater than 5 000). Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy is designed to fit within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration probe-class space mission cost envelope; it has a single instrument, a telescope aperture that allows for a lighter launch vehicle, and mature technology (we have identified a path for digital micro-mirror devices to reach Technology Readiness Level 6 within 2 yr). Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy Probe will lead to transformative science over the entire range of astrophysics: from galaxy evolution to the dark Universe, from Solar System objects to the dusty regions of the Milky Way.

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“…NASA has funded a Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) program (PI Ninkov, ATLAS Probe core team member) to raise the TRL level of DMDs to TRL5-6 before the 2020 decadal survey. DMDs have successfully passed proton and heavy-ion irradiation testing (Fourspring et al 2013;Travinsky et al 2016). Following NASA General Environmental Verification Standard (GEVS), the team performed random vibration, sine burst, and mechanical shock testing of manufacturersealed DMDs (Vorobiev et al 2016) as well as of devices re-windowed for better UV and IR capabilities (Quijada et al 2016).…”

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ATLAS Probe: Breakthrough Science of Galaxy Evolution, Cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System

Wang,

Robberto,

Dickinson

et al. 2018

Preprint

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ATLAS (Astrophysics Telescope for Large Area Spectroscopy) Probe is a concept for a NASA probe-class space mission that will achieve groundbreaking science in the fields of galaxy evolution, cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System. It is the follow-up space mission to WFIRST, boosting its scientific return by obtaining deep 1 to 4 µm slit spectroscopy for ∼ 70% of all galaxies imaged by the ∼2000 deg 2 WFIRST High Latitude Survey at z > 0.5. ATLAS spectroscopy will measure accurate and precise redshifts for ∼ 200M galaxies out to z < 7, and deliver spectra that enable a wide range of diagnostic studies of the physical properties of galaxies over most of cosmic history. ATLAS Probe and WFIRST together will produce a 3D map of the Universe with ∼Mpc resolution in redshift space over 2,000 deg 2 , the definitive data sets for studying galaxy evolution, probing dark matter, dark energy and modifications of General Relativity, and quantifying the 3D structure and stellar content of the Milky Way. ATLAS Probe science spans four broad categories: (1) Revolutionizing galaxy evolution studies by tracing the relation between galaxies and dark matter from galaxy groups to cosmic voids and filaments, from the epoch of reionization through the peak era of galaxy assembly; (2) Opening a new window into the dark Universe by weighing the dark matter filaments using 3D weak lensing with spectroscopic redshifts, and obtaining definitive measurements of dark energy and modification of General Relativity using galaxy clustering; (3) Probing the Milky Way's dust-enshrouded regions, reaching the far side of our Galaxy; and (4) Exploring the formation history of the outer Solar System by characterizing Kuiper Belt Objects. ATLAS Probe is a 1.5m telescope with a field of view (FoV) of 0.4 deg 2 , and uses Digital Micro-mirror Devices (DMDs) as slit selectors. It has a spectroscopic resolution of R = 1000, and a wavelength range of 1-4 µm. The lack of slit spectroscopy from space over a wide FoV is the obvious gap in current and planned future space missions; ATLAS fills this big gap with an unprecedented spectroscopic capability based on DMDs (with an estimated spectroscopic multiplex factor greater than 5,000). ATLAS is designed to fit within the NASA probe-class space mission cost envelope; it has a single instrument, a telescope aperture that allows for a lighter launch vehicle, and mature technology (we have identified a path for DMDs to reach Technology Readiness Level 6 within two years). ATLAS Probe will lead to transformative science over the entire range of astrophysics: from galaxy evolution to the dark Universe, from Solar System objects to the dusty regions of the Milky Way.

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Proton radiation testing of digital micromirror devices for space applications

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

Towards a spatial light modulator technology for space applications: performance analysis under the environmental conditions

Towards a spatial light modulator technology for space applications: performance analysis under the environmental conditions

ATLAS probe: Breakthrough science of galaxy evolution, cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System

ATLAS Probe: Breakthrough Science of Galaxy Evolution, Cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System

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