In-Flight Performance of the ICON EUV Spectrograph.

We present in-flight performance measurements of the Ionospheric Connection Explorer EUV spectrometer, , a wide field ( ) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) imaging spectrograph designed to observe the lower ionosphere at tangent altitudes between 100 and 500 km. The primary targets of the spectrometer, which has a spectral range of 54-88 nm, are the Oii emission lines at 61.6 nmand 83.

Design and Performance of the ICON EUV Spectrograph.

We present the design, implementation, and on-ground performance measurements of the Ionospheric Connection Explorer EUV spectrometer, a wide field (17° x 12°) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) imaging spectrograph designed to observe the lower ionosphere at tangent altitudes between 100 and 500 km. The primary targets of the spectrometer, which has a spectral range of 54-88 nm, are the Oil emission lines at 61.6 nm and 83.

Microchannel Plate Imaging Photon Counters for Ultraviolet through NIR Detection with High Time Resolution.

Cross strip and cross delay line readout microchannel plate detectors in 18 mm, 25 mm and 40 mm active area formats including open face (UV/particle) and sealed tube (optical) configurations have been constructed. These have been tested with a field programmable gate array based electronics for single event encoding. Using small pore MCPs (6 μm) operated in a pair, we achieve gains of >1 × 10 which is sufficient to provide spatial resolution of ~17 μm FHWM with the 18 mm and 40 mm cross strip readouts.