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This book introduces the subject of Fourier transform spectroscopy from a level that requires a knowledge of only introductory optics and mathematics and proceeds to the development of optical theory and equations to the extent required by the advanced student or researcher. Material is included for the physicist, chemist, astronomer, and others who are interested in spectroscopy. The subject is approached through optical principles, not abstract mathematics. Information theory, Fourier analysis, and mathematical theorems, a very cursory knowledge of which is sufficient, are presented only to complete derivations or to give alternate views of an individual subject. Dedication Preface Acknowledgments Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Historical Sketch and Crucial Ideas Fourier Analysis and Interferometry Sample Calculations of Spectra from Interferograms Apodization—Mathematical Filtering Resolution Sampling Intervals Asymmetric Interferometers and Amplitude Spectroscopy Beamsplitters Spectral Filtering Field of View Phase Error and Sampling Problems Procedures for Choosing Experimental Parameters Sample Interferograms and Spectra Lamellar Grating Interferometers Computation Techniques The Cooley–Tukey Algorithm Minicomputers and Real-Time Fourier Analysis Commercial Instruments Appendices: Optical Alignment of A Michelson Interferometer APPENDIX B - Computer Programs Mirror Tilt, The Cat's-Eye Retroreflector Rapid-Scan Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Author Bibliography Subject Bibliography Author Index Subject Index