Multichannel Fourier-transform interferometry for fast signals

Opt Express. 2011 Jun 20;19(13):12628-33. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.012628.

Abstract

Multichannel Fourier transform interferometry to measure the spectrum of arbitrarily short pulses and of fast time-varying signals was achieved using a micro/nanomanufactured multimirror array. We describe the performance of a demonstrator FTIR that works in the mid-infrared (MIR) range of 700-1400 cm(-1) and reaches a spectral resolution of 10 cm(-1) taking into account apodization. Spectral measurements down to pulse lengths of 319 µs were carried out using a mechanical camera shutter. Arbitrarily short pulses are expected feasible provided the source can deliver enough photons to overcome the noise equivalent number of photons.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Interferometry / methods*
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared / methods*