Optimal geometry for Sagnac and Michelson interferometers used as spectral imagers

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Ferrec, Yann ^a   Taboury, Jean ^a   Sauer, Hervé ^a   Chavel, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

tendue; Fourier transform spectrometry; Michelson interferometer; Sagnac interferometer; Spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; SPECTROMETERS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETRY; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SPECTRAL IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33847725477     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2395923     Document Type: Article

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