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Optics
Introduction
Successfully applying spectroscopy
to scientific problems requires a basic understanding of the components
that are available to produce and control electromagnetic
radiation. This outline leads to documents that discuss basic
optics, light and excitation sources, wavelength separators, and
light detectors. A separate document on optical
materials gives practical guidelines for choosing optics for
different regions of the electromagnetic
spectrum.
Basic Optics
- mirrors
- prisms
- lenses
- polarizers
Radiation sources for absorption and
fluorescence spectroscopy
- Blackbody
- Discharge and arc lamps
- Hollow-cathode lamp
- Lasers
Wavelength separators
- Filters
- Monochromators
- Interferometers
Radiation detectors
- Overview
- Photomultiplier tube
- Semiconductors (photodiodes and photovoltaics)
- Photodiode array
- Charge-coupled detector array
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