Applications of Fourier self-deconvolution

Spectroscopists have sought to increase the information contained in and extractable from infrared spectra from the earliest days. This has been accomplished by improving the instrumentation with the use of brighter sources, more efficient monochromators, and more sensitive detectors. The advent of the minicomputer led to practical Fourier transform systems with the corresponding advantages which increased resolution, sensitivity, and accuracy. At the same time, mathematical enhancement of the spectra was developing. For example, digitized data permitted the spectrum of a pure component to be subtracted from that of a mixture, if sufficient spectral accuracy was obtained