Spectrograph Design Fundamentals
This book was first published in 2007, a time of enormous change in the field of optical spectrometry. Although the basic optical principles remained unchanged, the design considerations were very different and, in many cases, more demanding. Developments in computer ray-tracing and computer-aided design coped with the extra impositions and allowed the construction of a new generation of spectrographs. The book covers the general principles of spectrographic design at the time, 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.
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Spectrograph Design Fundamentals
This book was first published in 2007, a time of enormous change in the field of optical spectrometry. Although the basic optical principles remained unchanged, the design considerations were very different and, in many cases, more demanding. Developments in computer ray-tracing and computer-aided design coped with the extra impositions and allowed the construction of a new generation of spectrographs. The book covers the general principles of spectrographic design at the time, 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.
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Spectrograph Design Fundamentals

Spectrograph Design Fundamentals

by John James
Spectrograph Design Fundamentals

Spectrograph Design Fundamentals

by John James

Overview

This book was first published in 2007, a time of enormous change in the field of optical spectrometry. Although the basic optical principles remained unchanged, the design considerations were very different and, in many cases, more demanding. Developments in computer ray-tracing and computer-aided design coped with the extra impositions and allowed the construction of a new generation of spectrographs. The book covers the general principles of spectrographic design at the time, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107405486
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 07/19/2012
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 204
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John James is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He is the author of Student's Guide to Fourier Transforms, also published by Cambridge University Press, now in its second edition.

Table of Contents

1. A brief history of spectroscopy; 2. The relevant regions of the electromagnetic spectrum; 3. Geometrical optics; 4. Optical aberrations; 5. Fourier transforms - a brief revision; 6. Physical optics and diffraction; 7. The prism spectrograph; 8. The plane grating spectrograph; 9. The concave grating spectrograph; 10. The interference spectrograph; 11. The multiplex spectrometer; 12. Detectors; 13. Auxiliary optics; 14. Optical design; 15. Mechanical design and construction; 16. Calibration; 17. The alignment of a spectrograph; Index.
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