Volume Phase Holographic (VPH) Gratings in Astronomy
Volume phase holographic gratings are now being used extensively in
astronomy because of their high diffraction efficiencies. VPH gratings are
generally used in transmission. The diffraction is caused by a near-sinusoidal
variation in refractive index perpendicular to the fringes (300-6000
lines/mm). For astronomy gratings, the active layer is typically 3-10 microns
thick, which is sandwiched between glass substrates of a few millimetres in
thickness. Prisms can be attached to reduce beam deviation (VPH grisms).
Web Sites
Below I list papers that concern VPH gratings in astronomy (ordered by year
and then by first author; links are to ADS).
Journal Papers
- Barden, Arns, Colburn & Williams 2000;
VPH Gratings and the Efficiency of Three Simple VPH Gratings;
in PASP, Vol. 112, p. 809.
- Tamura, Murray, Luke et al. 2003;
Cryogenic Tests of VPH Gratings. I. Results at 200 K;
in Exper. Astron., Vol. 15, p. 1.
- Baldry, Bland-Hawthorn & Robertson 2004;
VPH Gratings: Polarization Properties and Diffraction Efficiency;
in PASP, Vol. 116, p. 403.
- Tamura, Murray, Sharples, Robertson & Allington-Smith 2005;
Measurement of throughput variation across a large format VPH grating;
in Optics Express, Vol. 13, p. 4125.
- Tamura, Murray, Luke et al. 2006;
Cryogenic Tests of VPH Gratings: Results at 100 K;
in Appl. Opt., Vol. 45, p. 5923.
- Burgh, Bershady, Westfall & Nordsieck 2007;
Recombination Ghosts in Littrow Configuration: Implications for Spectrographs Using VPH Gratings;
in PASP, Vol. 119, p. 1069.
SPIE Conference Papers
- Barden, Arns & Colburn 1998;
VPH gratings and their potential for astronomical applications;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3355, p. 866.
- Cepa, Aguiar, Escalera et al. 2000;
OSIRIS tunable imager and spectrograph;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4008, p. 623.
- Clemens, Epps & Seagroves 2000;
Optics for a VPH spectrograph for the SOAR Telescope;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4008, p. 1423.
- Robertson, Taylor, Baldry, Gillingham & Barden 2000;
ATLAS: A Cassegrain spectrograph based on VPH gratings;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4008, p. 194.
- Burgh, Nordsieck, Kobulnicky et al. 2003;
Prime focus imaging spectrograph for the Southern African Large Telescope: Optical design;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4841, p. 1463.
- Barden, Camacho & Yarborough 2003;
Post-polishing VPH gratings for improved wavefront performance;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4842, p. 39.
- Bianco, Molinari & Conconi 2003;
VPH gratings in the cold;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4842, p. 22.
- Blanche, Habraken, Lemaire & Jamar 2003;
Large-scale DCG transmission holographic gratings for astronomy;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4842, p. 31.
- Ebizuka, Oka, Yamada et al. 2003;
Development of VPH grism for visible to near infrared instruments of 8.2m Subaru Telescope;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4842, p. 319.
- Hill, Wolf, Tufts & Smith 2003;
VPH grisms for infrared and optical spectrographs;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4842, p. 1.
- Rallison, Rallison & Dickson 2003;
Fabrication and testing of large area VPH gratings;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4842, p. 10.
- Blais-Ouellette, Wishnow, Shopbell et al. 2004;
Double Bragg grating tunable filter;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5492, p. 779.
- Clemens, Crain & Anderson 2004;
The Goodman spectrograph;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5492, p. 331.
- Smith, Saunders, Bridges et al. 2004;
AAOmega: A multipurpose fiber-fed spectrograph for the AAT;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5492, p. 410.
- Toso, Mazzoleni, Zerbi, Conconi & Molinari 2004;
A fiber-fed VPHG-based high-resolution spectrograph for moderate-aperture robotic telescopes;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5492, p. 932.
- Blais-Ouellette, Guzman, Elgamil & Rallison 2004;
Cryogenic VPH gratings for the CELT/TMT;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5494, p. 278.
- Blanche, Gailly, Habraken, Lemaire & Jamar 2004;
Mosaiced and high line frequency VPH gratings for astronomy;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5494, p. 208.
- Kashiwagi, Oka, Irisawa, Ebizuka, Iye & Kodate 2004;
Optimal design and fabrication of high dispersion VPH grism for Subaru Telescope;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5494, p. 217.
- Molinari, Bianco, Bertarelli et al. 2004;
Where have our VPHGs gone?;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5494, p. 228.
- Molinari, Bianco, Conconi et al. 2006;
VPHGs abused;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6269, p. 180.
- Tresoldi, Felletti, Bianco et al. 2006;
AGAR-AGAR: a high-efficiency narrow-band imager for ELTs;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6269, p. 189.
- Bianco, Bertarelli, Conconi et al. 2006;
New developments in photochromic materials for VPH gratings;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6273, p. 120.
- Ebizuka, Oka, Yamada et al. 2006;
Novel immersion grating, VPH grating, and quasi-Bragg grating;
in Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6273, p. 74.
There are many other SPIE papers that describe spectrographs incorporating VPH gratings.
SPIE papers are available at the
SPIE Digital Library Proceedings website:
Vol. 3355;
Vol. 4008;
Vol. 4841;
Vol. 4842;
Vol. 5492;
Vol. 5494;
Vol. 6273;
Vol. 6269.
Other Conference Papers
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