The Governors of the University of Calgary

Published purpose

The goal of the collaboration is to use an existing vacuum ultra-violet testing facility at the University of Calgary to perform testing and characterization of an ultra-violet detector planned to fly aboard a future Canadian-led space telescope. Upon completion of the detector testing, design and fabrication work done by NRC collaborators will be incorporated to provide significant upgrades to the laboratory before being used to test a new multi-object spectrometer prototype designed to operate at ultra-violet wavelengths (UVMOS) – a world first. The test facility will be refurbished for initial low-level testing, before upgrades designed with by collaborators. The newly upgraded lab will then perform higher-level testing of the detector before accepting delivery of the full UVMOS testbench. The final laboratory will then be in a position to serve as a national testing facility for ultra-violet imaging detectors with significant application to both academia and industry.