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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1987
Gerard L Rafanelli, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Lacy G Cook, El Segundo, CA (US);
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An interferometric spectrometer (20) for determining two-dimensional positional and spectral information of two-dimensional light sources (26) is disclosed. The spectrometer (20) includes a mechanism (28) for splitting a beam source (24) into two beam components (30) and (32). A mechanism (34) and (36) for focusing and centering the pair of beam components (30) and (32) is positioned in the line of projection of the beam components (30) and (32). A mechanism (38) and (40) for reflecting the pair of beam components (30) and (32) is positioned in the line of projection of the two beam components (30) and (32). A detector mechanism (42) for detecting the beam components (30) and (32) is positioned in the line of projection of the two beam components (30) and (32). A mechanism (44) for determining spatial and spectral information of the source (26) is associated with the detector mechanism (42 ). Also disclosed is a method of determining spatial and spectral information of a light source utilizing the spectrometer.