MINIATURE SPECTROMETER AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING A MINIATURE SPECTROMETER BETWEEN IMAGING MODE AND SPECTROMETER MODE

摘要

The invention relates to a miniature spectrometer (10) for spectrometry and for image capture, comprising a detection unit (7) for detecting an optical parameter and an optical unit, comprising a polarizer (2), a Savart element (40), which comprises a first birefrigent element (4a) and a second birefrigent element (4b), and an analyzer (5), characterized in that a first liquid crystal element (3a) is arranged between the polarizer (2) and the Savart element (40), which is designed to adjust a fourth polarization axis (203) from a radiation (103) emitted from the first liquid crystal element such that, in an imaging mode of the miniature spectrometer (10), the radiation (103) emitted from the first liquid crystal element passes through the first birefrigent element (4a) without splitting and, in a spectrometer mode of the miniature spectrometer (10), the radiation (103) emitted from the first liquid crystal element is split in the first birefringent element (4a) into a first ordinary beam (500b) and a first extraordinary beam (500a) and wherein the analyzer (5) is arranged in the beam path behind the Savart element (40) and the detection unit (7) is arranged in the beam path behind the analyzer (5).