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    • Spectroscopy
    • Optical Instrumentation
    • Physical Chemistry

    Background:

    • Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTS) design is traditionally limited by a tradeoff between étendue and spectral resolution.
    • Existing freespace scanning Michelson interferometers face limitations, e.g., a 1° field of view for 4 cm-1 resolution at 800 nm.
    • This tradeoff is often considered a fundamental constraint in instrument design.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To demonstrate a novel method for enhancing instrumentation design in Fourier transform spectroscopy.
    • To overcome the established tradeoff between étendue and spectral resolution.
    • To increase the potential signal-to-noise ratio for spectroscopic measurements.

    Main Methods:

    • Development of a new instrumentation design approach for scanning Fourier transform spectrometers.
    • Theoretical analysis and demonstration of a method to increase the allowable angular field of view for a given spectral resolution.
    • Comparison of the proposed method against traditional freespace Michelson interferometer limitations.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed method increases the allowable angular field of view by an order of magnitude for a given spectral resolution.
    • This leads to a two-orders-of-magnitude increase in étendue and potential signal-to-noise ratio compared to freespace Michelson interferometers.
    • The study suggests the tradeoff may not be fundamentally limited by thermodynamics.

    Conclusions:

    • A new design principle for Fourier transform spectroscopy instruments has been established.
    • Scanning FTS instruments can theoretically achieve arbitrarily high étendue and spectral resolution simultaneously.
    • This breakthrough has significant implications for enhancing spectroscopic measurement capabilities.