Snapshot Spectrometer Boosted by Randomly-Textured Lithium Niobate
A new integrated "snapshot spectroscopy" system developed in China offers improved precision in determining the spectral and spatial composition of light from an object.
The system utilizes randomly textured lithium niobate and has been applied to astronomical imaging and materials analysis, with potential for other applications.
Conventional spectrometers, used in telescopes, rely on diffractive optics, making them large, expensive, and inefficient for rapid image acquisition.
Spectroscopy is crucial to analysis of all kinds of objects in science and engineering.
- Astronomical imaging
- Materials analysis
- Potential food contaminant identification
Authors summary: New system outperforms existing spectrometers.