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Compact imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings

US6977727B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 6, 2003
Grant dateDec 20, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J3/2823
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A compact imaging spectrometer comprising an entrance slit for directing light, lens means for receiving the light, refracting the light, and focusing the light; an immersed diffraction grating that receives the light from the lens means and defracts the light, the immersed diffraction grating directing the detracted light back to the lens means; and a detector that receives the light from the lens means.

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