Simple two-dimensional-imaging spectrograph with wedged narrow band filters

Rev Sci Instrum. 2008 Dec;79(12):123114. doi: 10.1063/1.3058603.

Abstract

A minute, yet practical, modification of a well-known spectrograph based on a set of wedged narrow band filters is presented. It makes possible two-dimensional-imaging spectral measurements with a potential subpixel precision of a few micrometers. The simple spectroscopic device can evaluate dispersion of quantities which can be transformed into an image, e.g., into a spatial beam distribution. The spectrograph was used to measure angular dispersion of both a laser oscillator producing femtosecond pulses and a simple dispersive optical system, an optical wedge.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Equipment Design
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Interferometry / methods
  • Lasers
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / instrumentation
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Oscillometry
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Spectrophotometry / methods*
  • Time Factors