Multiple entrance aperture dispersive optical spectrometer
AssigneeBaylor University
InventorKenneth W. Busch
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Abstract
A dispersive optical spectrometer is disclosed which comprises light detection means, dispersion means for separating light radiation into spectral components and for directing the spectral components toward the light detection means, means for admitting light radiation into the entrance focal plane and for directing the light radiation toward the dispersion means, the light radiation admitting means including a plurality of spaced-apart apertures, and light transmission means for transmitting light radiation from a light source to one or more of the apertures.
Claims7
In a multiple entrance spectrometer having light detector means, dispersion means for separating light radiation into spectral components and directing said spectral components toward the light detector means, means for admitting light radiation into an entrance focal plane and for directing said light radiation toward said dispersion means, said light radiation admitting means including a plurality of spaced apart apertures, the improvement for providing simultaneous multielement analysis by atomic spectroscopy comprising,
- a plurality of fiber optic light guides, each of which transmits light radiation from a light source to one of the apertures, said guides having an input end adapted to be positioned adjacent the light source, and said guides having an exit end connected to one of the apertures, said exit ends selectively connected to the apertures for repositioning the exit ends at desired locations in the entrance focal plane for avoiding spectral interferences or regions of intense background on the detector.
In a multiple entrance spectrometer having light detector means, dispersion means for separating light radiation into spectral components and directing said spectral components toward the light detector means, means for admitting light radiation into an entrance focal plane and for directing said light radiation toward said dispersion means, said light radiation admitting means including a plurality of spaced apart apertures, the improvement for providing simultaneous multielement analysis by atomic spectroscopy comprising,
- said light detector means including an optoelectronic detector coupled to an optical multichannel analyzer,
- a plurality of fiber optic light guides, each of which transmits light radiation from a light source to one of the apertures, said guides having a vertically movable input end adapted to be positioned adjacent the light source, and said guides having an exit end connected to one of the apertures, said exit ends selectively connected to the apertures for repositioning the inputs for placing desired spectral information in an overlap position in blank regions in the atomic spectrum.
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