Continuous scan interferometer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-002502",
  "term": "Continuous scan interferometer",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "An optical instrument that measures the interference pattern produced by splitting a beam of light and recombining the two paths after introducing a continuously varying optical path difference. This variation is achieved by moving one of the interferometer mirrors at a constant velocity. The resulting interferogram is then Fourier transformed to yield a spectrum.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy",
    "optical path difference",
    "step-scan interferometer"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2021, 93, 647. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 741 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0203)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/continuous-scan-interferometer/"
}