Standing-wave spectrometer

Stiebig, H.; Knipp, D.; Bunte, E.

doi:10.1063/1.2179610

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PreJuSER-54491

Standing-wave spectrometer

Stiebig, H.FZJ* ; Knipp, D. ; Bunte, E.FZJ*

2006
American Institute of Physics Melville, NY

Applied physics letters 88, 083509 (2006) [10.1063/1.2179610]

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Abstract: A standing-wave sensor was developed which facilitates the miniaturization of Fourier spectrometers down to the micrometer scale. The spectrometer concept is based on sampling a standing wave by an ultrathin and partially transmissive sensor. The active region of the sensor has a thickness of 30 nm-40 nm. The standing wave is created in front of a tunable mirror. Varying the position of the mirror results in a phase shift of the standing wave, a modulation of the intensity profile within the ultrathin sensor, and thus, in a modulation of the photocurrent. The spectral information of the incoming light can be determined by the Fourier transform of the sensor signal. The operation principle of the spectrometer is described and the influence of the device design on the spectral resolution of the spectrometer is discussed. Due to the simple linear setup of the sensor and the tunable mirror, the realization of one- and two-dimensional spectrometer arrays is feasible. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.

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