The Offner imaging spectrometer in quadrature

Opt Express. 2010 Jun 7;18(12):12756-69. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.012756.

Abstract

This is a proposal and description of a new configuration for an Offner imaging spectrometer based on the theory of aberrations of off-plane classical-ruled spherical diffraction gratings. This new spectrometer comprises a concave mirror used in double reflection and a convex reflection grating operating in quadrature, in a concentric layout. A very simple procedure obtains designs that are anastigmatic for a given point on the entrance slit and a given wavelength. Specific examples show that the performance of this type of system improves the performance of analogous conventional in-plane systems, when compactness and/or high spectral resolution is of fundamental importance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't