Experimental Aspects of Asynchronous Rapid-Scan Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging
Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Engineering Physics
Abstract
In the asynchronous, rapid-scan approach to Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) imaging, data sampling is not correlated with the zero crossings of the interference fringes of the HeNe reference laser. The success of this data collection scheme depends on the reproducibility of the clock signals driving the interferometer mirror and focal plane array data collection. In previous studies, it was shown that this implementation provides for markedly faster data acquisition without sacrificing data quality, as compared with step-scan imaging. This approach to data collection introduces some unique peculiarities to the acquisition and processing of imaging data. The purpose of this paper is to address a few of these concerns in terms of their effect on final data quality. Also, the practical aspects of implementing such an acquisition scheme are described in detail.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1366/0003702055012609">https://doi.org/10.1366/0003702055012609
Publication Info
Postprint version. Published in Applied Spectroscopy, Volume 59, Issue 9, 2005, pages 1075-1081.
© Applied Spectroscopy, 2005, Sage Publishing
APA Citation
Snively, M.C., Lauterbach, A.J. (2005). Experimental aspects of asynchronous sampling in FTIR imaging. Applied Spectroscopy, 59(9), 1075-1081.
Rights
© Applied Spectroscopy, 2005, Sage Publishing