Title :
High Efficiency Spectrographs for the EUV and Soft X-Rays
Author_Institution :
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80309
fDate :
4/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A basic need of modern UV and x-ray astronomy is the capability to perform high resolution spectroscopy of faint stars. The use of modern grazing incidence optics can be coupled to high blaze angle reflection gratings used in the conical diffraction mount to offer a versatile, efficient approach to the design problem. We discuss two designs of interest: an echelle spectrograph for use longward of 100 A, and an Objective Reflection Grating Spectrograph for use in the soft x-rays. General design considerations and measurements of grating efficiencies are also presented.
Keywords :
Astronomy; Diffraction gratings; Extraterrestrial measurements; Optical coupling; Optical design; Optical diffraction; Optical reflection; Spectroscopy; Ultraviolet sources; X-ray diffraction;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1983.4332579
