Abstract
We present a novel spectrometer device offering a wide wavelength range and high resolution. The device builds upon a conventional prism spectrometer; however, an additional scattering medium is introduced to generate a wavelength-dependent speckle pattern on the detector array. Simultaneous use of the prism and the scattering medium allows for both improved resolution and wavelength range. The generated speckle pattern secures a significant improvement in the resolution (up to 100 folds) and dynamic range over a conventional prism spectrometer. With the proposed spectrometer, implemented using a CCD camera, we demonstrate up to 17-pm resolution at 855-nm central wavelength and 756.5-nm wavelength range revealing a dynamic range of 44 500. The dynamic range could be further improved upon using a detector array having larger area and a scattering medium offering a narrower spectral correlation function. With further development, the proposed device could be useful in a variety of spectroscopy applications, such as deep imaging of retinal layers in optical coherence tomography.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 8519785 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2139-2142 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2018 |
Bibliographical note
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Funding
Manuscript received September 11, 2018; revised October 21, 2018; accepted October 30, 2018. Date of publication November 1, 2018; date of current version November 28, 2018. This work was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under Grant 116F142. (Corresponding author: Onur Ferhanog˘lu.) S¸. K. Çetindag˘, O. Ferhanog˘lu, and F. Çivitci are with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey (e-mail: [email protected]).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| TUBITAK | 116F142 |
| Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu |
Keywords
- Prism
- speckle
- spectroscopy