Spectrograph Design Fundamentals

By: John James

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Hardcover | 8 February 2007

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In recent years enormous changes have occurred in the field of optical spectrometry. Although the basic optical principles remain unchanged, the design considerations are very different and, in many cases, more demanding. Developments in computer ray-tracing and computer aided design have coped with these extra impositions and have allowed the construction of a new generation of spectrographs. The book covers the general principles of spectrographic design, and the practical and engineering aspects of a broad range of spectrographs and spectrometers. The book deals with materials and methods of construction and includes suggestions for the choice of optical table, the design of slit mechanisms, and adjustable mirror, grating and lens mounts, with suggestions for the alignment and calibration of the finished instrument. This will be a valuable resource for academic researchers, graduate students and professionals in the fields of optics, spectroscopy and optical engineering.

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'... an excellent book for reference, written in a clear style ... should prove useful for anyone whose work may involve practical spectroscopy.' The Imaging Science Journal

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Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
A brief history of spectroscopy	p. 1
The relevant regions of the electromagnetic spectrum	p. 6
The limits of optical spectrography	p. 8
Geometrical optics	p. 10
Rays and wavefronts	p. 10
Instrumental optics	p. 11
Centred systems	p. 12
Gaussian optics	p. 12
Optical layout	p. 20
Apertures, stops, fields, irises and pupils	p. 20
Ray bundles	p. 23
The Helmholtz-Lagrange invariants	p. 23
Surface brightness	p. 25
Black body radiation	p. 25
Optical aberrations	p. 28
The Seidel aberrations	p. 29
Zero-order aberration	p. 29
First-order aberrations	p. 29
Theorems	p. 35
Aberration coefficients for mirrors	p. 37
The achromatic doublet	p. 39
Fourier transforms: a brief revision	p. 41
Fourier transforms	p. 41
Theorems	p. 42
Convolutions	p. 42
The Wiener-Khinchine theorem	p. 45
Useful functions	p. 45
More theorems	p. 49
Aliasing	p. 51
Physical optics and diffraction	p. 52
Fraunhofer diffraction	p. 52
Two-dimensional apertures and oblique incidence	p. 55
The prism spectrograph	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
The traditional prism spectrograph	p. 57
The focal curve theorem	p. 59
The Littrow mounting	p. 59
The Pellin-Broca prism	p. 60
Focal isolation	p. 61
The plane grating spectrograph	p. 63
The shape of a monochromatic line spectrum	p. 63
Blazing of gratings	p. 67
Apodising	p. 68
Order overlap and free spectral range	p. 69
Grating ghosts and periodic errors	p. 70
The complete grating equation	p. 72
Differential dispersion	p. 76
Mounting configurations	p. 76
The concave grating spectrograph	p. 89
The Rowland grating	p. 89
The concave grating as a spectrograph	p. 92
The concave grating as a monochromator	p. 96
The aberrations of the Rowland grating	p. 97
Practical details of design	p. 98
The interference spectrograph	p. 101
The phase angle	p. 101
The Fabry-Perot etalon spectrograph	p. 102
Fabry-Perot theory	p. 102
The Fabry-Perot monochromator	p. 104
The Fabry-Perot CCD spectrograph	p. 108
Fore-optics	p. 110
Reference fringes	p. 111
Extraction of the spectrum	p. 111
Choice of the resolution and gap	p. 112
The 'crossed' Fabry-Perot spectrograph	p. 113
The multiplex spectrometer	p. 114
The principles of Fourier spectrometry	p. 114
The multiplex advantage	p. 117
Detectors	p. 120
Silver halide photography	p. 121
Elementary electronic detectors	p. 122
Detectors with spatial resolution	p. 123
Exposure limitations	p. 124
CCD software	p. 125
CCD calibration	p. 126
Spectrograph calibration	p. 126
Auxiliary optics	p. 128
Fore-optics	p. 128
The astronomical telescope as fore-optics	p. 130
Focal reducers	p. 132
Schmidt-camera spectrography	p. 134
Scattered light and baffling	p. 134
Absorption cells	p. 136
Fibre optical input	p. 137
Optical design	p. 139
First steps	p. 139
Initial layout	p. 139
The drawing board	p. 140
Computer ray tracing	p. 140
Refinement of the optical design	p. 141
Requirements of a ray-tracing program	p. 144
Mechanical design and construction	p. 150
The optical layout	p. 150
Optical materials	p. 162
Transparent optical materials	p. 163
Reflectors	p. 163
Metals for construction	p. 165
Other materials	p. 167
Calibration	p. 168
Sensitivity calibration	p. 168
Wavelength calibration	p. 169
Small spectral shifts and radial-velocity measurement	p. 170
Absorption measurements	p. 170
The alignment of a spectrograph	p. 172
The optical alignment	p. 172
The focus	p. 173
Optical aberrations	p. 175
Wavelengths of spectral lines for calibration	p. 179
The evolution of a Fabry-Perot interference spectrograph	p. 183
The common calibration curve in silver halide spectrophotometry	p. 186
Bibliography	p. 187
Index	p. 188
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