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Title: Exploiting a Transmission Grating Spectrometer

Abstract

The availability of compact transmission grating spectrometers now allows an attractive and economical alternative to the more familiar Czerny-Turner configuration for many high-temperature plasma applications. Higher throughput is obtained with short focal length refractive optics and stigmatic imaging. Many more spectra can be obtained with a single spectrometer since smaller, more densely packed optical input fibers can be used. Multiple input slits, along with a bandpass filter, can be used to maximize the number of spectra per detector, providing further economy. Curved slits can correct for the strong image curvature of the short focal length optics. Presented here are the governing grating equations for both standard and high-dispersion transmission gratings, defining dispersion, image curvature, and desired slit curvature, that can be used in the design of improved plasma diagnostics.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
836478
Report Number(s):
PPPL-4028
TRN: US0500607
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH03073
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 8 Dec 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; AVAILABILITY; CONFIGURATION; DESIGN; FIBERS; OPTICS; PLASMA; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SPECTRA; SPECTROMETERS; DIAGNOSTICS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY

Citation Formats

Bell, Ronald E. Exploiting a Transmission Grating Spectrometer. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.2172/836478.
Bell, Ronald E. Exploiting a Transmission Grating Spectrometer. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/836478
Bell, Ronald E. 2004. "Exploiting a Transmission Grating Spectrometer". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/836478. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/836478.
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title = {Exploiting a Transmission Grating Spectrometer},
author = {Bell, Ronald E},
abstractNote = {The availability of compact transmission grating spectrometers now allows an attractive and economical alternative to the more familiar Czerny-Turner configuration for many high-temperature plasma applications. Higher throughput is obtained with short focal length refractive optics and stigmatic imaging. Many more spectra can be obtained with a single spectrometer since smaller, more densely packed optical input fibers can be used. Multiple input slits, along with a bandpass filter, can be used to maximize the number of spectra per detector, providing further economy. Curved slits can correct for the strong image curvature of the short focal length optics. Presented here are the governing grating equations for both standard and high-dispersion transmission gratings, defining dispersion, image curvature, and desired slit curvature, that can be used in the design of improved plasma diagnostics.},
doi = {10.2172/836478},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/836478}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2004},
month = {Wed Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2004}
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