Compact catadioptric imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings
US7006217B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01J3/0208
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An imaging spectrometer comprising an entrance slit for directing light, a lens that receives said light and reflects said light, a grating that defracts said light back onto said lens which focuses said light, and a detector array that receives said focused light. In one embodiment the grating has rulings immersed into a germanium surface.
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