Optical apparatus for an imaging fourier spectrometer and method of operating it
CA 2298562 C · Owner: Amos, William Bradshaw · Inventors: Amos, William Bradshaw
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Fourier Transform Spectroscopy is performed using a birefringent device to vary path difference systematically for all regions of an image simultaneously, so that a separate interferogram is collected for each image region by combining intensity values in multiple images. The optics may allow a theoretical efficiency of 100 % in light throughput.
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- Filed July 27, 1998 and granted August 19, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 2018.
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