A broadband configuration for static Fourier transform spectroscopy with bandpass sampling.

In this work a new broadband static Fourier transform spectrometer (static-FTS) configuration based on the division of the spectrum into multiple narrow-bands is proposed. This configuration not only decreases the spectrometer size but also allows operation in the traditional spectrometer wavelength range, namely, 400 nm-1100 nm with 1 cm or better resolution. This technique solves the Nyquist sampling rate issue and enables us to record high resolution spectrums with regular CCDs. An algorithm is developed to process the signal and calculate the Fourier transform of the recorded interferograms on the CCD camera.