Contra-propagative wave spectograph

• US 7,995,211 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2006
• Issued: 08/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Université Grenoble Alpes
• Original Assignee: Universite Joseph Fourier
• Inventors: Lerondel, Gilles, Benech, Pierre, Le Coarer, Etienne, Blaize, Sylvain, Morand, Alain, Kern, Pierre
• Primary Examiner(s): Connolly; Patrick J
• Application Number:
  US12/063,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20090219543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,831 Days
• Field of Search: 356/451, 356/477, 356/483
• US Class Current: 356/483
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0218 using optical fibers
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0259 Monolithic
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/2803 using photoelectric array detector
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/4531 Devices without moving parts
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/4532 Devices of compact or symmetric construction G01J3/4531 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to a spectrograph (11) comprising a waveguide (10) provided with accesses (10; 10b, 12), a means for injecting two guided contra-propagative waves by each accesses in such a way that a spatial interference is formed in the waveguide, means (19, 20, 14, 16) for detecting the energy of the evanescent wave of the guided field produced by the interference of said contra-propagative waves.

Claims

1. Spectrograph including

a waveguide (10) provided with two accesses (10a, 10b, 12),

means for injecting two guided contra-propagative waves by each of said accesses in such a way that a spatial interference is formed in said waveguide,

means for detecting (19, 20, 14, 16) the evanescent wave of the guided field produced by the interference of said contra-propagative waves.

2. Spectrograph according to claim 1, characterised in that said detection means comprise at least one flat waveguide (14, 14a, 14b) located near said guide and at least one photodetector arranged such as to detect a wave coming from said flat waveguide.

3. Spectrograph according to claim 1, characterised in that said detection means comprise a plurality of local detectors distributed between the two accesses of said guide.

4. Spectrograph according to claim 3, wherein said local detectors have a size smaller than one quarter of the wavelength of said waves.

5. Spectrograph according to claim 1, characterised in that said detection means comprise at least one fixed or mobile diffusing point and at least one photodetector.

6. Spectrograph according to claim 5, wherein said diffusing point has a size smaller than one quarter of the wavelength of said waves.

7. Spectrograph according to claim 1, characterised in that said means of injecting the two waves is a wave separator arranged such as to direct the two parts of the same wave according to the two accesses to said guide.

8. Spectroscopic imaging system, characterised in that it comprises a plurality of spectrographs according to any one of the preceding claims, arranged in an a array, the injection means being in the focal plane of an input lens.