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3 March 2003 Optical design and diffraction analysis for AIRES: an airborne infrared echelle spectometer
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Abstract
The optical design is presented for a long-slit grating spectrometer known as AIRES (Airborne InfraRed Echelle Spectrometer). The instrument employs two gratings in series: a small order sorter and a large steeply blazed echelle. The optical path includes four pupil and four field stops, including two narrow slits. A detailed diffraction analysis is performed using GLAD by Applied Optics Research to evaluate critical trade-offs between optical throughput, spectral resolution, and system weight and volume. The effects of slit width, slit length, oversizing the second slit relative to the first, on- vs off-axis throughput, and clipping at the pupil stops and other optical elements are discussed.
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Michael R. Haas "Optical design and diffraction analysis for AIRES: an airborne infrared echelle spectometer", Proc. SPIE 4857, Airborne Telescope Systems II, (3 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458642
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KEYWORDS
Picosecond phenomena

Spectroscopy

Diffraction

Infrared spectroscopy

Optical design

Telescopes

Diffraction gratings

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