ENCODER SPECTROGRAPH AND MODULATOR FOR USE THEREWITH
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1. An encoder spectrograph for detecting one or more spatial components from a source, the spectrograph comprising:
- first optics adapted to collect and focus radiation from a source to form an image along an encoding axis, the image characteristic of the spatial components of the source;
a spatial radiation modulator having at least two radiation filters located at different positions along the encoding axis, the radiation filters configured to modulate the spatial components with different modulation functions to provide an encoded beam comprising at least two encoded spatial components, wherein the radiation filters have non-equal widths and are centered at non-equal intervals along the encoding axis of the modulator;
a detector;
second optics adapted to collect and direct the encoded beam onto the detector, causing the detector to provide an output corresponding to the encoded beam; and
a processor for analyzing the output from the detector to determine the spatial components modulated in the encoded beam.
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An encoder spectrograph is used to analyze radiation from one or more samples in various configurations. The radiation is analyzed by spatially modulating the radiation after it has been dispersed by wavelength or imaged along a line. Dual encoder spectrographs may be used to encode radiation using a single modulator. An encoder spectrograph includes a modulator with radiation filters having non-equal widths and centered at non-equal intervals along the encoding axis of the modulator.
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1. An encoder spectrograph for detecting one or more spatial components from a source, the spectrograph comprising:
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first optics adapted to collect and focus radiation from a source to form an image along an encoding axis, the image characteristic of the spatial components of the source;
a spatial radiation modulator having at least two radiation filters located at different positions along the encoding axis, the radiation filters configured to modulate the spatial components with different modulation functions to provide an encoded beam comprising at least two encoded spatial components, wherein the radiation filters have non-equal widths and are centered at non-equal intervals along the encoding axis of the modulator;
a detector;
second optics adapted to collect and direct the encoded beam onto the detector, causing the detector to provide an output corresponding to the encoded beam; and
a processor for analyzing the output from the detector to determine the spatial components modulated in the encoded beam.
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