Efficiency calibration of the four multilayer-coated holographic ion-etched flight gratings for a sounding rocket high-resolution spectrometer

Michael P. Kowalski; Herbert Gursky; Jack C. Rife; Daryl J. Yentis; Raymond G. Cruddace; Troy W. Barbee Jr.; William H. Goldstein; Joseph F. Kordas; Klaus F. Heidemann; Gilbert G. Fritz; William R. Hunter; Martin Adrian Barstow; George W. Fraser; Nigel P. Bannister; Jonathan S. Lapington; J. A. Tandy; B. S. Sanderson

doi:10.1117/12.450065

10 December 2001 Efficiency calibration of the four multilayer-coated holographic ion-etched flight gratings for a sounding rocket high-resolution spectrometer

Michael P. Kowalski, Herbert Gursky, Jack C. Rife, Daryl J. Yentis, Raymond G. Cruddace, Troy W. Barbee Jr., William H. Goldstein, Joseph F. Kordas, Klaus F. Heidemann, Gilbert G. Fritz, William R. Hunter, Martin Adrian Barstow, George W. Fraser, Nigel P. Bannister, Jonathan S. Lapington, J. A. Tandy, B. S. Sanderson

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Proceedings Volume 4498, UV/EUV and Visible Space Instrumentation for Astronomy and Solar Physics; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450065
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We have fabricated the four flight gratings for a sounding rocket high-resolution spectrometer using a holographic ion-etching technique. The gratings are spherical (4000-mm radius of curvature), large (160 mm x 90 mm), and have a laminar groove profile of high density (3600 grooves/mm). They have been coated with a high-reflectance multilayer of Mo₅C/Si/Mo₂Si. Using an atomic force microscope, we examined the surface characteristics before and after multilayer coating. The average roughness is approximately 2-3A rms after coating, somewhat smoothened by the multilayer. Using synchrotron radiation, we completed an efficiency calibration map of each grating over the wavelength range 225-245A. At an angle of incidence of 5 degree(s) and a wavelength of 234A, the average efficiency peaks in the first inside order at 10.3+/- 0.6% for Grating 1, 7.3+/- 0.9% for Grating 6, 7.2+/- 1.2% for Grating 3, and 9.0+/- 1.5% for Grating 4. These values exceed all previously published results for a high density grating. The first order groove efficiency for Grating 1 is 34.4+/- 1.9%, in good agreement with the best value obtained from similar test gratings and close to the theoretical limit of 40.5%.

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Michael P. Kowalski, Herbert Gursky, Jack C. Rife, Daryl J. Yentis, Raymond G. Cruddace, Troy W. Barbee Jr., William H. Goldstein, Joseph F. Kordas, Klaus F. Heidemann, Gilbert G. Fritz, William R. Hunter, Martin Adrian Barstow, George W. Fraser, Nigel P. Bannister, Jonathan S. Lapington, J. A. Tandy, and B. S. Sanderson "Efficiency calibration of the four multilayer-coated holographic ion-etched flight gratings for a sounding rocket high-resolution spectrometer", Proc. SPIE 4498, UV/EUV and Visible Space Instrumentation for Astronomy and Solar Physics, (10 December 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450065

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