Newport Cornerstone 130B, User Manual

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90088262 MCS130B
CORNERSTONE 130B MONOCHROMATORS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................. 5
1.1 SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS ................................................................................ 6
1.2 GENERAL WARNINGS .......................................................................................... 7
1.3 ELECTRICAL HAZARDS ........................................................................................ 7
1.4 MECHANICAL HANDLING ...................................................................................... 8
1.5 OPTICS CARE AND HANDLING.............................................................................. 8
2 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 9
2.1 OPTICAL CONFIGURATION ................................................................................... 9
2.2 STRAY LIGHT REJECTION ...................................................................................10
2.3 AVAILABLE MODELS ...........................................................................................10
2.4 TYPICAL APPLICATIONS......................................................................................11
3 INITIAL SETUP.................................................................................................................12
3.1
WHAT’S INCLUDED..............................................................................................12
3.2 UNPACKING ........................................................................................................12
3.3 CHOOSING A LOCATION......................................................................................12
3.4 MOUNTING OPTIONS ..........................................................................................13
3.5 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER CONNECTIONS .....................................................14
4 SHUTTER ........................................................................................................................16
5 INPUT AND OUTPUT SLITS...............................................................................................17
5.1 FIXED SLITS........................................................................................................17
5.2 MICROMETER ADJUSTABLE SLITS ......................................................................18
6 DIFFRACTION GRATINGS ................................................................................................20
6.1 GRATING TYPES .................................................................................................21
6.2 GRATING EFFICIENCY AND BLAZING ...................................................................22
6.3 POLARIZATION EFFECTS ....................................................................................24
7 MONOCHROMATOR RESOLUTION ...................................................................................25
7.1 DETERMINING RESOLUTION ...............................................................................26
8 GETTING LIGHT INTO A MONOCHROMATOR ....................................................................28
8.1 ACCEPTANCE PYRAMID ......................................................................................28
8.2 F NUMBER MATCHING.........................................................................................29
9 BLOCKING HIGHER ORDER RADIATION ...........................................................................30
9.1 ORDER SORTING FILTERS ..................................................................................30
10 COMMUNICATION METHODS ...........................................................................................31
10.1 UTILITY SOFTWARE ............................................................................................33
10.2 HAND CONTROLLER ...........................................................................................34
10.3 TRACQ BASIC SOFTWARE...................................................................................35
10.4 LOW-LEVEL COMMANDS .....................................................................................35
11 GRATING INSTALLATION AND CALIBRATION ....................................................................36
11.1 RECALIBRATION SERVICES.................................................................................36
11.2 SETTING THE WAVELENGTH OFFSET ..................................................................36
11.3 DETERMINING THE GRATING CALIBRATION FACTOR ...........................................37
11.4 ALTERNATIVE METHOD (CS130B only) .................................................................37
11.5 GRATING INSTALLATION .....................................................................................38
12 TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................40
12.1 CORRUPTED MEMORY........................................................................................40
13 SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................................41
14 DIMENSIONS ...................................................................................................................42
15 APPENDIX I: LOW LEVEL (REMOTE) COMMANDS AND QUERIES .......................................45
15.1 OPENING RS-232 COMMUNICATION INTERFACE ..................................................65
15.2 COMMAND AND QUERY SYNTAX .........................................................................65
15.3 STANDARD MODE ...............................................................................................65