title: Microelectromechanical system-based adaptive space-variant imaging microspectrometer.
abstract: An imaging spectrometer with adaptive space-variant spectral resolution is introduced to improve spectrometer data collection efficiency. Pixel-based dynamically selectable dispersion is achieved using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors to control the light path of each image point through the spectrometer. A compact (1 x 4 x 0.3 mm) planar-optics structure is demonstrated, allowing the tiling of multiple spectrometers in an array for large image formats. The prototype spectrometer covers a wavelength between 500 and 1000 nm with a spectral resolution that is dynamically adaptable for each pixel from 7.5 to 15 nm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, 200 Union Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yuyan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leger