Using An Optical Novelty Filter To Enhance Contrast In Photothermal Refraction Spectrometry
Outline
Photothermal Refraction
Principles
Some Photothermal Refraction Effects
Apparatuses for Photothermal Refraction
Apparatus Comparison
Why Enhance Contrast?
Relative Contrast by Technique
Methods of Contrast Enhancement
Mach-Zender and Modified Jamin
Images Obtained Using Mach-Zender Interferometer
Fabry-Perot Design
Etalon-Based Photothermal Deflection
Contrast-Enhanced Apparatuses
Optical Novelty Filters
Optical Beam Fanning Limiter Based Optical Novelty Filter
Optical Beam Fanning
4F Optical Correlator
Optical Transform Properties
Imaging Model
Signal Model
Time-Dependent Results
Energy-Dependent Results
Summary
Future Prospects
Acknowledgements
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