Spectroanalytical system
AssigneeFoster-Miller, Inc.
InventorLawrence E. Curtiss
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Abstract
A spectroanalytical system includes entrance aperture defining structure for receiving radiation to be analyzed along a first path; dispersion structure in the first path for spatially dispersing the radiation as a function of wavelength; exit aperture structure defining a non-elongate aperture for receiving radiation from the dispersion structure; detector aperture structure coupled to the exit aperture structure for detecting selected wavelengths of the dispersion radiation; and wedge-like conditioner structure disposed between the first path and between the dispersion structure and the entrance and exit aperture structures.
Claims21
A spectroanalytical system comprising entrance aperture defining structure for receiving radiation to be analyzed along a first path;
- dispersion structure in said first path for spatially separating (dispersing) said radiation as a function of wavelength;
- detector structure for detecting said radiation spatially separated by said dispersion structure;
- wedge-like optical conditioner structure disposed in said first path between said dispersion structure and said entrance aperture defining structure, said wedge-like optical conditioner structure having a first end surface to which said entrance aperture defining structure is optically coupled and a curved second end surface;
- and filler glass optically coupling said second end surface to said dispersion structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.