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What is a Fourier transform spectrometer?

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What is a Fourier transform spectrometer?

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A Fourier transform spectrometer is an adaption of the Michelson interferometer. A collimated beam from a light source is divided into two by a beamsplitter and sent to two mirrors. These mirrors reflect the beams back along the same paths to the beamsplitter, where they interfere. The signal recorded at the output depends on the wavelength of the light and the optical path difference between the beamsplitter and each of the two mirrors. If the optical path difference between the two beams is zero or a multiple of the wavelength of the light then the output will be bright, but if the optical path difference is an odd multiple of half the wavelength of the light then the output will be dark. In the Fourier transform spectrometer, one of the mirrors is scanned in the direction parallel to the light beam. This changes the path difference between the two arms of the interferometer, hence the output alternates between bright and dark fringes. If the light source is monochromatic, then the s

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