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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1974
Michael Graser, Jr, Bedford, MA (US);
Technical Operations, Incorporated, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
In an optical apparatus of the Fourier transform type employing a plurality of individual light sources arrayed about the optical axis of the apparatus, a control subsystem for all the light sources samples light from the light sources selectively. In the illustrated embodiment, a pellicle deflects a minor fraction of the source light to a spatial filter which passes a selected sample or samples to a group of spectrally filter photodiodes, which respond with currents that are fed to a photometric circuit and means to display measured quantities to an operator. The apparatus includes operator controllable means to adjust the intensity of each supervised light source independently of the others. A primary light source, from which the individual light sources are derived, is also supervised, to provide a basis for taking into account variations in energizing voltage, and dimming of the primary source with age.