Abstract:
An irradiation region 21 of a diffraction grating 2 includes a first irradiation region (21A) and a second irradiation region (21B). In the diffraction grating 2, a blaze wavelength of a groove 22 of the first irradiation region (21A) is different from a blaze wavelength of a groove 23 of the second irradiation region (21B). That is, the first irradiation region (21A) and the second irradiation region (21B) have different relationships between a wavelength of light to be spectrally dispersed and a diffraction efficiency. Therefore, in a spectral device, light on a short wavelength side of light reflected by the second irradiation region (21B) of the diffraction grating 2 is not diffracted and is not received by a detector. Then, in a spectral device 1, aberration on the short wavelength side is corrected. In this way, in the diffraction grating 2, an aberration can be corrected with a simple structure in which the grooves (22, 23) are formed such that the blaze wavelengths in the first irradiation region (21A) and the second irradiation region (21B) are different from each other.
Abstract:
An object is to provide a blazed diffraction grating having a smaller blaze angle than an existing blaze angle, and a method for producing the same. A method for producing a blazed diffraction grating includes the steps of forming a resin layer on a support having a saw-tooth sectional shape and having a surface on which a basic blaze surface and a basic riser surface are arranged alternately and repeatedly in a direction, such that the thickness of the resin layer contacting with the surface monotonically changes in the direction, and forming a metal coating film covering the resin layer surface. The method for monotonically changes the thickness comes in a formation method by difference in volatilization volume after applying a solvent resin on the support, and a formation method by a centrifugal force.
Abstract:
To cover a wide wavelength bandwidth, a spectroscopic apparatus uses three varied line spacing concave diffraction gratings G1 to G3, the corresponding energy ranges for G1, G2, and G3 being 50 to 200, 155 to 350, and 300 to 2200 eV, respectively. In the respective wavelength ranges, the diffraction conditions are satisfied. To provide a high throughput and a high resolution in the respective wavelength regions, the incident angles α1 to α3 for G1 to G3 measured from the normal line of the diffraction grating are specified to be α1