RF spectrometers for heterodyne receivers

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Aug 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980hst..rept.....b&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Langley Res. Center Heterodyne Systems and Technol., Pt. 2 p373-383 (SEE N80-29672 20-36)

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High Resolution, Infrared Lasers, Infrared Spectrometers, Optical Heterodyning, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Molecular Spectra, Spectral Sensitivity, Vibrational Spectra

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Several types of spectrometers developed for radio astronomy receivers which utilize RF filters, multiple oscillators and mixers, digital autocorrelators and acoustic/optic devices are considered. The RF spectrometer developed at GSFC to provide wide bandwidths (greater than 1 GHz) as well as high resolution (5MHz) is described. The 128 channel filter bank is divided into high and low resolution sections. The high resolution section is tunable by providing a second mixer ahead of the filter bank. This is necessary because infrared receivers which use gas lasers as local oscillators are only tunable to specific laser frequencies. To compensate for astronomical Doppler shifts and molecule frequency differences a second local oscillator and mixer is needed. A diagram of the RF section of the filter bank is shown. The RF spectrometer is shown to be the best means of achieving ultra-wide bandwidths for infrared heterodyne receivers. For high resolution with a large number of channels, the acousto/optical spectrometer is the principle instrument, particularly for balloon or space flight applications.

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