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M74050
1/4M IMAGING SPECTROGRAPHS
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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
3 INITIAL SETUP .................................................................................................................................. 11
3.1
WHAT’S INCLUDED ............................................................................................................ 11
3.2 UNPACKING ........................................................................................................................ 11
3.3 CHOOSING A LOCATION ................................................................................................... 11
3.4 MOUNTING OPTIONS ......................................................................................................... 12
3.5 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER CONNECTIONS ............................................................. 13
4 SHUTTER ........................................................................................................................................... 15
4.1 REMOTE OPERATION ........................................................................................................ 15
5 SLITS AND ARRAY DETECTOR ADAPTER .................................................................................... 16
5.1 FIXED SLIT HOLDER AND FIXED SLITS ........................................................................... 16
5.2 MICROMETER ADJUSTABLE SLIT .................................................................................... 17
5.3 MOTORIZED SLIT ............................................................................................................... 19
6 DIFFRACTION GRATINGS ............................................................................................................... 20
6.1 GRATING TYPES ................................................................................................................ 21
6.2 GRATING EFFICIENCY AND BLAZING ............................................................................. 22
6.3 POLARIZATION EFFECTS.................................................................................................. 25
7 SPECTROGRAPH RESOLUTION AND BANDPASS ....................................................................... 26
7.1 DETERMINING RESOLUTION ............................................................................................ 27
8 GETTING LIGHT INTO A MONOCHROMATOR ............................................................................... 29
8.1 ACCEPTANCE PYRAMID ................................................................................................... 29
8.2 F NUMBER MATCHING ...................................................................................................... 30
9 BLOCKING HIGHER ORDER RADIATION ....................................................................................... 31
9.1 ORDER SORTING FILTERS ............................................................................................... 31
10 COMMUNICATION METHODS ......................................................................................................... 32
10.1 UTILITY SOFTWARE ........................................................................................................... 34
10.2 HAND CONTROLLER .......................................................................................................... 35
10.3 TRACQ BASIC SOFTWARE ............................................................................................... 36
10.4 LOW-LEVEL COMMANDS .................................................................................................. 37
10.5 MONO TERM SOFTWARE AND LABVIEW EXAMPLES ................................................... 37
11 GRATING INSTALLATION AND CALIBRATION ............................................................................... 38
11.1 RECALIBRATION SERVICES ............................................................................................. 38
11.2 SETTING THE WAVELENGTH OFFSET ............................................................................ 38
11.3 DETERMINING THE GRATING CALIBRATION FACTOR ................................................. 39
11.4 GRATING INSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 40
12 TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................................................... 42
12.1 CORRUPTED MEMORY ..................................................................................................... 42
12.2 GRATING TURRET POSITION ERROR ............................................................................. 43
13 SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................................................. 44
14 DIMENSIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 46
16 APPENDIX I: LOW LEVEL COMMANDS AND QUERIES ................................................................ 49
16.1 OPENING LOW LEVEL COMMUNICATION INTERFACE ................................................. 49