Below is a partial list of publications by our scientists and engineers pertaining to diffraction gratings and their uses. Please call us at 585-248-4100 to receive a reprint of any that interest you.

Diffraction Gratings – The Crucial Dispersive Component

Originally published in Spectroscopy 10 (2), 14-15 (1995), this article by Christopher Palmer provides readers an introduction to what gratings are and how they work. If you are new to diffraction gratings, this is an excellent place to start.

Gratings in General

D. Richardson, "Diffraction Gratings," chapter 2, volume II of Applied Optics and Optical Engineering , R. Kingslake, ed. (Academic Press, New York: 1969)

E.G. Loewen, Diffraction Gratings for Spectroscopy, J. Physics E 3, 953-961 (1970).

E.G. Loewen, "Diffraction Gratings, Ruled and Holographic," chapter 2, volume IX of Applied Optics and Optical Engineering , R. Shannon, ed. (Academic Press, New York: 1983), pp. 33-71.

E.G. Loewen, "The Ruling and Replication of Diffraction Gratings," Optics and Photonics News , May 1991.

Diffraction Grating Handbook, third edition, Richardson Grating Laboratory. (1996).

Grating Efficiency

E.G. Loewen, M. Nevière and D. Maystre, "Grating Efficiency Theory as it applies to Blazed and Holographic Gratings," Applied Optics 16, 2711-2721 (1977).

E.G. Loewen and M. Nevière, "Simple Selection Rules for VUV and XUV Diffraction Gratings," Applied Optics 17, 1087-1092 (1978).

L.B. Mashev, E.K. Popov and E.G. Loewen, "Optimization of Grating Efficiency in Grazing Incidence," Applied Optics 26, 4738-4741 (1987).

Grating Imaging

W.R. McKinney and C. Palmer, "Numerical design method for aberration-reduced concave grating spectrometers," Applied Optics 26, 3108-3118 (1987).

C. Palmer, "Theory of second generation holographic gratings," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 6, 1175-1188 (1989).

C. Palmer and W.R. McKinney, "Equivalence of focusing conditions for holographic and varied line-space gratings," Applied Optics 29, 47-51 (1990).

C. Palmer, "Deviation of second-order focal curves in common spectrometer mounts," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7, 1770-1778 (1990).

C. Palmer and W. McKinney, "Imaging Theory of Plane-symmetric Varied Line-space Grating Systems," Optical Engineering 33, 820-829 (1994).

C. Palmer, W. McKinney and B. Wheeler, "Imaging equations for spectroscopic systems using Lie transformations. Part I - Theoretical foundations," Proc. SPIE 3450, 55-66 (1998).

C. Palmer, B. Wheeler and W. McKinney, "Imaging equations for spectroscopic systems using Lie transformations. Part II - Multi-element systems," Proc. SPIE 3450, 67-77 (1998).

C. Palmer and W. McKinney, "Imaging properties of varied line-space (VLS) gratings with adjustable curvature," Proc. SPIE 3450, 87-102 (1998).

Echelle Gratings

G.R. Harrison, E.G. Loewen and R.S. Wiley, "Echelle gratings: their testing and improvement," Applied Optics 15, 971-976 (1976).

E.G. Loewen et al., "Echelles: scalar, electromagnetic and real-groove properties," Applied Optics 34, 1707-1727 (1995).

E. Loewen et al., "Diffraction efficiency of echelles working in extremely high orders," Applied Optics 35, 1700-1704 (1996).

J. Hoose et al., "Grand Gratings: Bigger is Better, Thanks to Mosaic Technology," Photonics Spectra (December 1995). Reprinted with permission from the December 1995 issue of Photonics Spectra (c) Laurin Publishing Co. Inc.

E. Popov et al., "Integral method for echelles covered with lossless or absorbing thin dielectric layers," Applied Optics 38, 47-55 (1999).

Transmission Gratings

E.K. Popov, E.G. Loewen and M. Neviere, "Transmission gratings for beam sampling and beam splitting," Applied Optics 35, 3072-3075 (1996).

Reference Books

M.C.Hutley
Diffraction Gratings
1982 Academic Press
ISBN 0-12-362980-2

E.G. Loewen, E. Popov
Diffraction Gratings and Applications
1997 Marcel Dekker, Inc.
ISBN 0-8247-9923-2