title: High etendue UV camera for simultaneous four-color imaging on a single detector.
abstract: We describe a high etendue (0.12 cm(2) sr) camera that, without moving parts, simultaneously images four ultraviolet bands centered at 140, 175, 215, and 255 nm on a single detector into a minimum of ~7500 resolution elements. In addition to being an efficient way to make color photometric measurements of a static scene, the camera described here enables detection of spatial and temporal information that can be used to reveal energy dependent physical phenomena to complement the capability of other instruments ranging in complexity from filter wheels to integral field spectrographs.
authors.affiliation: UMass Lowell, Center for Atmospheric Research, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA. Brian_Hicks@uml.edu
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: Meredith E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Danowski
authors.forename: Jason F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martel
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008027:Light; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D013997:Time Factors; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays