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At the Scientific Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the technology of acousto-optic filtration of optical radiation is used to create a wide class of optical devices that are successfully used, for example, in biomedicine to diagnose various diseases (including oncology), in agriculture to diagnose the condition of plants, during non-destructive testing of complex technical objects and in solving other tasks. Acousto-optics has a number of important advantages over other technologies for obtaining spectral information: - the ability to create imaging devices without spatial scanning, since the acousto-optic filter is a software-controlled tunable light filter; - the compact modular design allows the acousto-optic filter to be integrated into the optical circuit of most imaging devices, which expands their analytical capabilities; - spectrum scanning is carried out by means of an electrical signal, without mechanical scanning; - fast arbitrary spectral addressing causes high shooting speed and the absence of redundant information; - software management. The key element of the presented device – an acousto–optic filter - is being developed at the Scientific Research Center of the UP RAS on the basis of original calculation methods. The manufacture of acousto-optic filters, optical and mechanical components, as well as the assembly, tuning, and calibration of such devices is also carried out at the Scientific Research Center of the UP RAS.

Designed for: calibration of Russian and foreign satellite ICV remote sensing radiometers.