Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 33, Issue 4, 422009(2013)

Analysis and Design of Littrow-Offner Spectroscopic System

Liu Xuxia*, Ji Yiqun, He Hucheng, and Shen Weimin
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    The light collection power and the relative aperture of weak-light spectrometers, such as Raman and hyperspectral spectrometers, are expected as high or big as possible, in order to improve their signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Littrow-Offner spectroscopic mount has the advantages of both Offner and Littrow mounts, including its simplicity and compactness, concentricity of all spherical elements, low inherent aberration, realizable big relative aperture and high light collection. Such combined mount structure and principle are briefly introduced and then its imaging performance is investigated. Its astigmatic characteristic then is investigated, through application of the sagittal and meridian imaging formulas of spherical mirror and diffractive grating. The means to eliminate astigmatism in the wavelength range is suggested. Furthermore, the inherent astigmatism is corrected by introducing a meniscus singlet with negative astigmatism. In the case of Raman spectrometer, a compact spectroscopic optics with big relative aperture and resolution and excellent imaging quality is optimally designed.

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Nov. 26, 2012

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 7, 2013

    The Author Email: Xuxia Liu (liuxuxia7@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201333.0422009

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