Abstract

We describe what is to our knowledge the first instrument specifically designed for use with infrared synchrotron radiation that takes advantage of the spatial coherence of this radiation. Beam splitting is achieved by wave-front division. We show data taken with the instrument over the wavelength region from 10 to 1000 μm (1-mm wavelengths) and discuss the advantages of this instrument over a conventional one.

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