Method and apparatus for imaging

Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – Utilizing a spectrometer

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356320, 356331, 356333, 2505051, 250345, 250343, G01B 902, G01J 328

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ABSTRACT:
A spectrometer comprises a tunable interferometer for producing a monochromatic continuous image at an image plane and including two mirrors having substantially parallel surfaces and an adjustable spacing therebetween, a radiation detector located at the image plane for recording the image, a filter arrangement for allowing at least one predetermined range of wavelengths to pass to the detector, and a lens arrangement for collecting radiation and limiting radiation incident on the interferometer to an angle which is substantially perpendicular to the substantially parallel surfaces of the two mirrors.

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