A spectral measurement device comprising an entrance aperture for
receiving an electromagnetic energy and a mask located at the entrance
aperture in the form of a two-dimensional encodement pattern. An optical
element conditions the electromagnetic energy received from the mask for
presentation to the spectral dispersion element and the and a spectral
dispersion element disperses the electromagnetic energy in one or more
dimensions. Additionally, the optical element conditions the dispersed
electromagnetic energy onto an array of detector elements.