Abstract:
A velocity servo for a continuous scan Fourier interference spectrometer of the double-pass retroreflector type having two "cat's eye" retroreflectors uses an open-loop, lead-screw drive system for one retroreflector with compensation for any variations in speed of drive of the lead screw provided by sensing any variation in the rate of reference laser fringes, and producing an error signal from such variation used to compensate by energizing a moving-coil actuator for the other retroreflector optical path, and energizing (through a highpass filter) piezoelectric actuators for the secondary mirrors of the retroreflectors.
Abstract:
An interferometer for analyzing electromagnetic frequency spectra including a movable mirror supported on two air bearings such that the center of support of the bearings continuously coincides with the center of gravity of the movable mirror during the motion of the mirror. The air bearings engage two parallel, spaced apart lateral rods that maintain the optical alignment of the mirror. To facilitate making spectral measurements, the interferometer also incorporates a laser for producing monochromatic light that is directed through a primary beam splitter to provide a periodic fringe pattern as the mirror moves and a white light directed through a secondary beam splitter to provide a reproducible reference point.
Abstract:
Interfering internal beams can be used to generate an internal reference interferogram. This interferogram can be used to compensate for changes in FTIR instrument performance in response to variable environmental conditions or other instrument variations. Acquisition of such internal interferograms can be done during, after, or prior to acquisition of actual sample data.
Abstract:
A Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer includes a main interferometer, a control interferometer, an infrared detector, a control light detector, a waveplate, and a support member. The waveplate is disposed on an optical path of a control light beam and between a fixed mirror or a moving mirror and a beam splitter. The support member supports the waveplate. An outer perimeter of the waveplate includes a supported region supported by the support member and a released region spaced apart from the support member.
Abstract:
The Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer includes: a light source 11 for generating infrared light having a wavelength width including an absorption wavelength of a compound to be analyzed; an interferometer including a fixed mirror 15 and a movable mirror 16, for generating interfering light from the infrared light; a detector 25 for generating a voltage with a magnitude corresponding to the intensity of the interfering light, and for outputting a voltage obtained by subtracting, from the aforementioned voltage, a voltage with a predetermined magnitude; a high-pass filter 464 for allowing the passage of frequency components equal to or higher than a predetermined frequency in an output voltage from the detector 25; an amplifier 463 for amplifying an output voltage from the high-pass filter 464 by a predetermined multiplying factor; and an analogue-to-digital converter 27 for converting an output voltage from the amplifier 463 into a digital signal.
Abstract:
An optical interferometer includes a branching-combining unit, a first optical system, a second optical system, and a drive unit, which can be MEMS-based components. The branching-combining unit includes a branching surface, an incident surface, an output surface, and a combining surface on an interface between the interior and the exterior of a transparent member. The branching-combining unit, on the branching surface, partially reflects incident light and outputs as first branched light, and transmits the rest of the incident light into the interior as second branched light. The branching-combining unit, on the combining surface, outputs the first branched light to the outside, reflects the second branched light, and combines the light beams to be output to the outside as combined light.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a housing of a Michelson interferometer that may facilitate optical alignment of a plurality of optical components by applying a two-part structured housing to the Michelson interferometer. The present invention may provide a Michelson interferometer housing system including a first housing including a first surface on which a fixed mirror is installed, a second surface perpendicular to the first surface, and a first diagonal surface on which a beam splitter assembly to which light is incident from the outside is installed, the first diagonal surface being formed at 45 degrees with respect to the second surface; and a second housing including a third surface on which a movable mirror is installed, a fourth surface perpendicular to the third surface, and a second diagonal surface corresponding to the first diagonal surface, wherein the first and second housings are combined such that the first and second diagonal surfaces face each other to allow the light entering from the outside to be divided through the beam splitter assembly and incident to the fixed mirror and the movable mirror.
Abstract:
An interferometer (10) is provided that has a stage (28) configured to have a linear motion path. A first retroreflector (18) and a second retroreflector (24) are fixedly coupled to the stage (28). A tube (32) is provided, and the stage (28) is configured to reciprocate about the tube (32). A beamsplitter (14) and a 45° mirror (16) are disposed in the tube (32). A detector (22) is configured to detect light passing through the beamsplitter (14), and the beamsplitter (14) is configured to split an incident light beam into a transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17), wherein the transmitted beam (15) passes to the second retroreflector (24) and the reflected beam (17) passes to the first retroreflector (18). The transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17) are focused on the detector (22).
Abstract:
An interferometer (10) is provided that has a stage (28) configured to have a linear motion path. A first retroreflector (18) and a second retroreflector (24) are fixedly coupled to the stage (28). A tube (32) is provided, and the stage (28) is configured to reciprocate about the tube (32). A beamsplitter (14) and a 45° mirror (16) are disposed in the tube (32). A detector (22) is configured to detect light passing through the beamsplitter (14), and the beamsplitter (14) is configured to split an incident light beam into a transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17), wherein the transmitted beam (15) passes to the second retroreflector (24) and the reflected beam (17) passes to the first retroreflector (18). The transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17) are focused on the detector (22).