A new method for determining the transfer function of an acousto optical tunable filter

Opt Express. 2009 Feb 2;17(3):2005-14. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.002005.

Abstract

The current study describes the determination of the transfer function of an Acousto Optical Tunable Filter from the in-flight solar observations of the SOIR instrument on board Venus Express. An approach is proposed in order to reconstruct the transfer function profile from the analysis of various solar lines. Moreover this technique allows the determination of the evolution of the transfer function as a function of the AOTF radio frequency.