A split-screen spectroscopic imaging apparatus including a fiber optic plate
having
a light receiving end face on which the photogenic subject is primarily focused
by an objective lens and a light emitting end face to which the primarily focused
image is transmitted. Total reflection mirrors optically separate the optical path
of the image from the light emitting end face into a plurality of optical paths.
Coherent filters optically separate the images of the optical paths separated by
the total reflection mirrors into images of a plurality of wavelength bands. A
two-slop reflection rectangular prism synthesizes the images separated by the coherent
filters into a single image by arranging them in a predetermined direction. A reducing
optical system optically reduces the magnification of the image from the two-slop
reflection rectangular prism. And, a CCD imaging element images the images from
the reducing optical system substantially simultaneously by a single imaging face.