Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Nov 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986ucb..reptr....h&link_type=abstract
Final Report California Univ., Berkeley. Space Sciences Lab.
Computer Science
Performance
Grazing Incidence, Lyman Spectra, Spectrometers, Telescopes, Diffraction, Focal Plane Devices, Foci, Grazing Incidence Telescopes, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Optical Equipment
Scientific paper
A variety of options for a short wavelength spectrometer for the Lyman telescope has been studied, and the optimum configuration for this instrument identified. In this spectrometer option study it is assumed (consistent with performance goals outlined by the project) that the instrument, whose prime spectral domain is 900-12000A, will incorporate a grazing incidence telescope which will maintain good collecting efficiency down to 100A. In particular it is assumed that the telescope will have an effective focal length of 10 meters, an image quality of 1.5", and will provide a diverging f/10 beam. Designs compatible with this telescope are analyzed, and it is determined that a two-element grazing incidence spectrometer using as its first optic an ellipsoid to re-focus the beam and a varied line-space plane diffraction grating to disperse the light is the best overall design. This spectrometer could be fed by a small pick-off mirror located just behind the prime focus of the telescope and would clear the light path when not in use. A test of the diffraction efficiency of a low blaze angle grating is undertaken, which is the only technical uncertainty in the spectrometer design.
Bowyer Stuart
Hurwitz Margaret M.
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