Diffraction gratings affect the absolute phase of light in a way that is not obvious from the usual derivation of optical paths using the grating equation. For example, consider light which encounters ...

Laser plasma sources can generate incoherent soft-xray radiation in a wide spectral range (50-1500 eV). Xrays are diffracted with using a transmission grating (10000 lines/mm) and the spectrum is ...

Hannover U. and Hannover, Max Planck Inst. Grav. Diffraction gratings have been proposed as core optical elements in future laser-interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. In this paper we derive ...

For a circular aperture, interference occurs between all rays from the whole area producing a series of concentric fringes. The exact solution in this case is difficult but turns out to be of the same ...

Varied-line-spacing gratings are used in soft-x-ray monochromators and spectrometers because of their ability to correct various aberrations by varying the groove density. A curved grating blank in a ...

The photoacoustic effect refers to the generation of sound through a process of optical heat deposition followed by thermal expansion, resulting in a local pressure increase that produces outgoing ...

When ordering a plane grating, please use the following example format: P 1200 W x H x Thk 700-900 nm (TM+TE)/2 (-1) constant deviation angle 10° Groove densities: Spectrogon manufactures 600 ...