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Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
1988 Phase II
Compact Ultraviolet
Spectrometer
Optra,
Inc.
Topsfield, MA
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INNOVATION
Laser diode referenced interferometer-spectrometer
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Joint Services Spectrometer
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Designed, fabricated and tested
a Fourier transform spectrometer based on auto-aligned scanning
Michelson interferometer
- Successfully employed a solid-state
diode laser for the auto-align system, yielding significant size
and weight savings
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Received $3 million under contract
with Technical Products Group to provide spectrometers for prototype
joint services lightweight standoff chemical agent detectors for
U.S. Armed Forces
- Currently providing refurbishing
services, several units deployed and others under evaluation
- Advanced version under evaluation
for commercial air monitoring unit
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Employed at JPL Table Mountain
to study diurnal variability of atmospheric OH radical
- Balloon spectroscopy to study
photo-chemical reactions and transport processes in the atmosphere
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