Abstract

A low-cost and simple Fourier transform spectrometer based on the Lloyd’s mirror configuration is proposed in order to have a very stable interferogram. A planar waveguide coupled to a fiber injection is used to spatially disperse the optical beam. A second beam superposed to the previous one is obtained by a total reflection of the incident beam on a vertical glass face integrated in the chip by dicing with a specific circular precision saw. The interferogram at the waveguide output is imaged on a near-infrared camera with an objective lens. The contrast and the fringe period are thus dependent on the type and the fiber position and can be optimized to the pixel size and the length of the camera. Spectral resolution close to $\lambda /\mathrm{\Delta }\lambda =80$ is reached with a camera with 320 pixels of 25 μm width in a wavelength range from O to L bands.

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