Theoretical and practical analysis of spatial and spectral calibration of static Fourier transform infrared spectrometers

Opt Express. 2019 May 13;27(10):14819-14834. doi: 10.1364/OE.27.014819.

Abstract

Static Fourier transform spectrometers require, especially in the infrared, a spatial calibration step. Unfortunately, the superposition of fringes on the measured images has a major impact on spatial calibration and therefore on the returned spectra. We first study how to pre-process images so that spectral errors are minimized. Then, we develop a spectrum formation model that is used to correct those spectral errors. The performance, evaluated on synthetic data, is remarkable and theoretically justifies the use of this calibration concept.