Applied Spectroscopy 2012-03-01

Infrared microspectroscopy using prism-based spectrographs and focal plane array detection.

Adam Lanzarotta, Curtis Marcott, Gloria M Story, Anthony E Dowrey, André J Sommer

Index: Appl. Spectrosc. 66(3) , 304-11, (2012)

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Abstract

Several prism-based spectrographs employing a mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) focal plane array detector have been interfaced to an infrared microscope. In the combined system, the area-defining aperture of the microscope also served as the entrance slit to the spectrograph. This investigation considered the fundamental limits of diffraction for both the spectrograph and microscope in order to determine both the spatial and spectral resolution of the system as a whole. Experimental results for spectral resolution, spectral range, and peak-to-peak noise have been presented. Finally, the dynamic capabilities of one spectrograph/microscope combination were investigated.© 2012 Society for Applied Spectroscopy