The identification of chemicals from their mid-infrared spectra has a wide range of applications, such as forensics and environmental monitoring. This is generally done using laboratory benchtop tools, such as the Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. Although such systems offer high performance, alternative platforms offering reduced size, weight, and cost can enable a host of new applications. In this presentation, we will describe our recent work on a compact microspectrometer platform for chemical identification.
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