Optics: measuring and testing – By particle light scattering – With photocell detection
Patent
1982-09-10
1985-06-18
Willis, Davis L.
Optics: measuring and testing
By particle light scattering
With photocell detection
356353, G01B 902
Patent
active
045238464
ABSTRACT:
State of the art Fourier transform spectrometers are useful scientific tools. But, they are very complex precision electro-optical-mechanical instruments. To simplify the instrument, the need for a mechanical slide mechanism to create a path difference has been eliminated by the use of retro-reflecting mirrors (16, 18) in a monolithic interferometer assembly (11) wherein the mirrors (16, 18) are not at 90 degrees to the propagation vector (29, 43) of the radiation (27), but rather at a small angle (49). The resulting interference fringes (51, 53) create a double-sided interferogram (33) of the source irradiance distribution which is detected by a charge-coupled device (CCD) array (23). The position of each CCD pixel (25) in the array is an indication of the path difference between the two retro-reflecting mirrors (16, 18) in the monolithic optical structure. The Fourier transform of the signals generated by the CCD array (23) provide the spectral irradiance distribution of the source. For imaging, the interferometer assembly (11) scans the source of irradiation by moving the entire instrument, such as would occur if it was fixedly mounted to a moving platform, e.g., a spacecraft. During scanning, the entrance slot (21) to the monolithic optical structure send different pixels to corresponding interferograms detected by adjacent columns of pixels at the CCD array (23).
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Breckinridge James B.
O'Callaghan Fred G.
Jones Thomas H.
Koren Matthew W.
Manning John R.
McCaul Paul F.
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