Revolution And Evolution In Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Software

The explosive growth of the use of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometers during the last decade has been due in large part to both revolutionary and evolutionary advances in software developments related to the implementation, practice and applications of FT-IR. Clearly the trends of performance-to-price ratio of digital technology has played a fundamental role in enabling the forward progression of software development but major independent developments have had fundamental impact in their own right. The history of these developments in acquisition and control, spectral recovery, and data processing and their implication on spectrometer hardware design and use are reviewed and critiqued.