Resolving power of multigrating spectrometers

1989; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 28; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/ao.28.002542

ISSN

0003-6935

Autores

Peter Lindblom, F. Stenman,

Tópico(s)

Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Resumo

A theoretical and experimental study of the resolving power of spectrometers employing several gratings with coacting dispersion is performed. It is concluded that the resolving power is equal to the sum of the resolving powers of the separate gratings in contradiction to a recent result obtained by Mazzacurati , Opt. Commun.67, 399– 403 ( 1988); J. Phys. E.21, 798– 804 ( 1988). Experimental verification of our theoretical prediction is obtained with the MEGA spectrometer containing four echelle gratings. The measured resolving power for the He–Ne 6328-Å laser line is (2.05 ± 0.03) × 106, in good agreement with the theoretical value of 2.06 × 106.

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