Dual beam optical spectrograph
First Claim
1. A spectrograph, comprising:
- a) a housing with outer walls defining an inner chamber divided into two subchambers by a partition;
b) each subchamber having a light input;
c) each subchamber containing at least one concave collimating mirror adapted to direct light from said light input onto a planar diffraction grating from which the light is reflected to a concave focusing mirror and then onto a single contiguous light detector means; and
d) the light input in each subchamber is located between the planar grating and the light detector means.
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Abstract
A dual beam optical spectrograph includes a housing defining an internal chamber that is divided into two subchambers with a partition. A liner array detector such as a charge coupled detector array (CCD) is located within the chamber symmetrically to either side of the partition. Two light inputs are provided to either side of the partition between the CCD and a planar diffraction grating, and each light input is led through a concave collimating mirror, a planar diffraction grating, and a concave focusing mirror before light impinges upon the CCD. The inventive spectrograph is capable of providing synoptic data since both optical channels are captured simultaneously. The housing can be mounted on an adapter for an IBM compatible printed circuit board.
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18 Claims
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1. A spectrograph, comprising:
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a) a housing with outer walls defining an inner chamber divided into two subchambers by a partition; b) each subchamber having a light input; c) each subchamber containing at least one concave collimating mirror adapted to direct light from said light input onto a planar diffraction grating from which the light is reflected to a concave focusing mirror and then onto a single contiguous light detector means; and d) the light input in each subchamber is located between the planar grating and the light detector means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A spectrograph, comprising:
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a) a housing with outer walls defining an inner chamber divided into two subchambers by a partition; b) each subchamber having a light input; c) each subchamber containing a concave collimating mirror followed by a planar diffraction grating followed by a concave focusing mirror adapted to reflect light from said light input onto a single linear array light detector symmetrically disposed in said chamber with respect to said partition; and d) the light input in each subchamber located between the planar diffraction grating and the linear array light detector. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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