THE THEORY, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERFEROMETRIC SPECTROMETER.

Abstract

A general introduction to the operation of inter ferometers and the way they are used to yield spectrometric data is presented. The theory of interferometric data acquisition and analysis is discussed in detail. Specific design problems encountered in adapting a Michelson inter ferometer to a rocket based experiment are discussed and their solutions are presented. The prospective research problem used as the design criterion is the measurement of the heigh rofile (re-emission rate versus altitude) and Doppler profile of the 6300A spectral line in the night sky airglow. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1963
Accession Number
AD0417763

Entities

People

  • Richard Clayton Willson

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Altitude
  • Data Acquisition
  • Emission
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Spectral Lines
  • Spectrometers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design