GUVI

Global UltraViolet Imager

Photo-counting detector for ionosphere far ultraviolet night airglow remote sensing

Abstract
<p>Far ultraviolet earth night airglow is related to total electron content(TEC) of Ionosphere. Observing the night airglow nadir at OI 135.6nm emission produced by ionospheric O+ and e recombination can get the distribution of ionosphere TEC. In this paper, a compact of ionospheric FUV photometer developed for micro satellite will be introduced. The instrument works in photo-counting mode to achieve high sensitivity for weak night airglow radiation detection. The design of this photo-counting detector will be described in detail.</p>
Year of Publication
2018
Publisher
SPIE
Conference Location
Nanjing, China
URL
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/10697/2315060/Photo-counting-detector-for-ionosphere-far-ultraviolet-night-airglow-remote/10.1117/12.2315060.full
DOI
10.1117/12.2315060