Patent ID: 8065095
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A Sensor for spectrometric discrimination of a target's molecular composition, said Sensor comprising: a dispersed Fourier transform spectrometer; photon collecting optics; at least one fiber optic link coupled between the photon collecting optics and the dispersed Fourier transform spectrometer; at least one apparatus for signal conditioning and data acquisition coupled to an output of the dispersed Fourier transform spectrometer; at least one data processing device coupled to the at least one apparatus for signal conditioning and data acquisition; a plurality of reference interferogram data coupled to the at least one data processing device; at least one supporting software program implemented on the at least one data processing device; and at least one display coupled to the at least one data processing device, the Sensor using photon input from sunlight, incandescent light, or any broad spectrum source of light for spectrometric discrimination of the target's molecular composition.