Rugged high-speed rotary imaging Fourier transform spectrometer for industrial use

Winthrop Wadsworth; Jens-Peter Dybwad

doi:10.1117/12.455725

22 February 2002 Rugged high-speed rotary imaging Fourier transform spectrometer for industrial use

Proceedings Volume 4577, Vibrational Spectroscopy-based Sensor Systems; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.455725
Event: Environmental and Industrial Sensing, 2001, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A new rugged rotary Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) has been developed. It can be used for environmental remote sensing and monitoring of chemical processes. Both single pixel and mosaic imaging configurations have been built and tested. The continuous rotary scan of the 'Turbo FT' allows operation without the laser reference of a conventional FTS, and it has been demonstrated to deliver 30 to 360 spectral scans per second and 1 cm^-1 resolution, with excellent lineshape. A new 'space frame' version of the interferometer, with excellent mechanical and thermal stability, was field tested in both airborne and ground systems during the year 2000, with good results. The interferometer for this instrument is palm sized, and weighs 20 oz. It is totally sealed from the environment, and can be mounted, with its drive electronics, into a temperature stabilized enclosure for outside remote sensing applications For industrial applications, it can be used on-line or off-line, in conjunction with fiber optics, to measure and/or control multiple process lines. With the appropriate optics and detector set, the wavelength range can be adjusted from 1.0 to 25.0 micrometers. The resolution is variable from 1 to 8 cm^-1. Various processors, data acquisition boards, and software have been used in the development, including the Labview package from National Instruments. Custom software for acquisition, display, and storage is being developed in summer 2001. The data acquisition system can be tailored for the speed and number of pixels required for the application. The current commercially available hardware being used can support up to 16 pixels at up to 100 scans per second.

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Winthrop Wadsworth and Jens-Peter Dybwad "Rugged high-speed rotary imaging Fourier transform spectrometer for industrial use", Proc. SPIE 4577, Vibrational Spectroscopy-based Sensor Systems, (22 February 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.455725

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