Performance Characteristics Of A Refractively Scanned Michelson Interferometer

W. M. Doyle; B. C. McIntosh

doi:10.1117/12.932130

29 October 1981 Performance Characteristics Of A Refractively Scanned Michelson Interferometer

W. M. Doyle, B. C. McIntosh

Proceedings Volume 0289, 1981 Intl Conf on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932130
Event: 1981 International Conference on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, 1981, Columbia, United States

Abstract

An earlier paper described a family of two-beam interferometers in which path length scanning is accomplished by translating a wedge shaped refractive element across one of the interferometer arms. These refractively scanned interferometers (RSI's) were shown to have a number of theoretical advantages over conventional moving mirror Michelson interferometers. The present paper discusses the practical implications of these advantages, provides experimental confirmation of their magnitudes, and presents data illustrating the overall performance of one particular RSI design, the "TRANSEPT" interferometer.

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W. M. Doyle and B. C. McIntosh "Performance Characteristics Of A Refractively Scanned Michelson Interferometer", Proc. SPIE 0289, 1981 Intl Conf on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, (29 October 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932130

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