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Tunable optical filters for space exploration

Author(s) -

Charles M. Crandall,

Natalie Clark,

Patti Davis

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.740905

Subject(s) - birefringence , space exploration , space (punctuation) , optical filter , computer science , liquid crystal tunable filter , software , space technology , electronic engineering , optics , materials science , liquid crystal , optoelectronics , engineering , aerospace engineering , physics , programming language , operating system

Spectrally tunable liquid crystal filters provide numerous advantages and several challenges in space applications. We discuss the tradeoffs in design elements for tunable liquid crystal birefringent filters with the special considerations required for space exploration applications. In this paper we present a summary of our development of tunable filters for NASA space exploration. In particular we discuss the application of tunable liquid crystals in guidance navigation and control in space exploration programs. In conclusion, the current state of the art of several NASA LaRC assembled filters is presented and their performance compared to the predicted spectra using our PolarTools modeling software.

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