Abstract

By use of simple theoretical considerations on the efficiency dependence of a wide class of commercially available gratings, we obtained an empiric equivalence rule. This rule makes it possible to create equivalence classes of gratings that among themselves show a variety of profiles but have, as long as only two orders are propagating, efficiency curves lying very close to each other. The equivalence rule is visualized by drawing a nomogram. The rule and the grating nomogram serve as a basis for finding new and explaining old properties of ruled, holographic, and lamellar gratings.

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Analysis of the changes in efficiency across the ruled area of a concave diffraction grating

M. Neviere and W. R. Hunter
Appl. Opt. 19(12) 2059-2065 (1980)

Mechanically ruled aberration-corrected concave gratings

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Appl. Opt. 19(23) 3987-3993 (1980)

New Eagle-type monochromator mounting with ruled diffraction grating at 45° off-plane

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Appl. Opt. 19(12) 1941-1945 (1980)

Simple selection rules for VUV and XUV diffraction gratings

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