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linearly variable filter

(LVF, linear variable filter)
(filter whose passband varies over one spatial dimension)

A linearly variable filter (or linear variable filter, abbreviated LVF) is a filter such that across one spatial direction, the passband varies (as to the wavelengths transmitted). They can be used in optical systems for a kind of spectrography: for sufficiently bright sources, a "moving" scan across the survey field can gather data, which can be post-processed into spectral energy distributions for each point, i.e., a data cube, serving as a kind of imaging spectrograph. This technique is utilized by the SPHEREx plan.


(instrument,optics,spectrography)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_filter#Wedge_filter
https://www.materion.com/en/resources/literature?DocumentType=ProductLiterature&SearchTerm=linear+variable+filters
https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.06374
https://spherex.caltech.edu/video/survey-lvf

Referenced by pages:
Cosmic Dawn Intensity Mapper (CDIM)
SPHEREx

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