Incoherent Fourier transform spectroscopy with room-temperature coverage from NIR to THz

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Main Authors: Mnich, Jakub, Gomółka, Grzegorz, Schossig, Marco, Sotor, Jarosław, Sterczewski, Łukasz A.
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Published: 2026
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author Mnich, Jakub
Gomółka, Grzegorz
Schossig, Marco
Sotor, Jarosław
Sterczewski, Łukasz A.
author_facet Mnich, Jakub
Gomółka, Grzegorz
Schossig, Marco
Sotor, Jarosław
Sterczewski, Łukasz A.
contents Despite the broadband nature of thermal light sources, optical spectroscopy over multiple spectral bands simultaneously remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate a practical Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) that achieves room-temperature spectral coverage from 1 to 50 $μ$m (300--6 THz) in seconds using a single set of optics, with the long wave cutoff extendable to 90 $μ$m (3.3 THz) and the short wave to the ultraviolet (0.39 $μ$m). The interferometer employs a diamond plate beam splitter and windowless lithium tantalate (LTO) detector to probe the spectrum of combined incoherent sources operating at different temperatures. Applications of the instrument in modern chemometry, material science, and medicine are envisioned.
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spellingShingle Incoherent Fourier transform spectroscopy with room-temperature coverage from NIR to THz
Mnich, Jakub
Gomółka, Grzegorz
Schossig, Marco
Sotor, Jarosław
Sterczewski, Łukasz A.
Optics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Despite the broadband nature of thermal light sources, optical spectroscopy over multiple spectral bands simultaneously remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate a practical Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) that achieves room-temperature spectral coverage from 1 to 50 $μ$m (300--6 THz) in seconds using a single set of optics, with the long wave cutoff extendable to 90 $μ$m (3.3 THz) and the short wave to the ultraviolet (0.39 $μ$m). The interferometer employs a diamond plate beam splitter and windowless lithium tantalate (LTO) detector to probe the spectrum of combined incoherent sources operating at different temperatures. Applications of the instrument in modern chemometry, material science, and medicine are envisioned.
title Incoherent Fourier transform spectroscopy with room-temperature coverage from NIR to THz
topic Optics
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.14611