Continuously rotating grating rapid-scan spectrophotometer

Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – With synchronized spectrum repetitive scanning

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356328, 356334, G01J 318, G01J 342

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ABSTRACT:
A system for rapid-scan spectral analysis comprising a concave holographic diffraction grating continuously rotated at a substantially constant angular velocity to provide a rapid scanning monochromator (a monochromator is used to transfer nominal regions of wavelengths out of the continuous light source). The unique sampling circuitry uses an optical shaft encoder. The angular velocity and angular acceleration of the grating are calculated from time measurements, just before the first wavelength of interest falls on the detector. This information is used to control the Analog to Digital converter sampling rate across the region of interest. The samples as a function of time are stored in a memory buffer so that each data point corresponds to a wavelength.

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