title: Deconvolution in acousto-optical tunable filter spectrometry.
abstract: Spectrometers and spectral imaging systems based on the acousto-optical tunable filter (AOTF) are becoming commonly used in many different fields in which high spectral resolution is crucial, e.g., laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and absorption spectroscopy of gases. As AOTFs have many advantages over other spectroscopic instruments but lack spectral resolution, a procedure for resolution enhancement, composed of point spread function characterization and spectrum preprocessing and deconvolution, is proposed. Wiener, Fourier-wavelet regularized (ForWaRD), Richardson-Lucy, and Wavelet-Lucy deconvolution methods were tested and their performances assessed with two deconvolution quality measures: resolution enhancement and noise amplification. It was shown that the proposed spectral resolution enhancement is feasible and gives good results for line spectra and highly dynamic spectra.
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia. jaka.katrasnik@fe.uni-lj.si
authors.forename: Jaka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Katrašnik
authors.forename: Franjo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pernuš
authors.forename: Boštjan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Likar