Wideband, high spectral resolution UV convex grating imaging spectrometer based on an Offner structure

Abstract

Ultraviolet is an effective electromagnetic spectrum in material detection, which has wide application prospects in aerospace and environmental monitoring. A conventional imaging spectrometer has a narrow UV band and low spectral resolution. To solve this problem, a convex grating imaging spectrometer based on an Offner structure with F#2.5 and a 13 mm long slit was designed and developed. The working wavelength ranges from 200 to 433 nm, and the spectral resolution is greater than 0.5 nm. A hyperspectral data cube with both high spatial and spectral resolutions of external scenes can be obtained by the push-broom imaging mode. Fine Fraunhofer lines can be distinguished in the spectrum. The ultraviolet hyperspectral imager can be used for marine oil spills, trace gas monitoring, and other applications that require high signal-to-noise ratios, wide bands, and high spectral resolutions.

Progress in the Preparation and Characterization of Convex Blazed Gratings for Hyper-Spectral Imaging Spectrometer: A Review

“…Shen Y H et al [ 9 ] optimized the structure of the Offner imaging spectrometer to improve the diffraction efficiency of the first order of the convex blazed grating by 27%. Xue Q et al [ 10 ] made a convex grating imaging spectrometer with a spectral resolution of more than 0.5 nm. Hu Y et al [ 11 ] introduced a construction method for designing a spectrometer with variable spectral resolution and multiple off-axis convex gratings.…”