title: Microspectrometer based on holographically recorded diffractive elements using supplementary holograms.
abstract: The conception and realization of an imaging microspectrometer, limited to an optical volume of 11 x 6 x 5 mm(3), is presented. The spectrometer is based on a multi-order concept and offers an overall spectral bandwidth of 400-1030 nm with better than 2.5 nm resolution in the visible range. The numerical aperture of NA = 0.2 allows an appropriate energy efficiency. As the most essential element of the microspectrometer, a concave diffraction grating with a diameter of 5 mm and an image distance of f = 8.6 mm was manufactured in a holographic recording process. For the recording process the specifications of the concave grating require two diffraction limited point sources in very close proximity. To provide a point source distance below 1 mm a recording concept based on the introduction of a supplementary hologram was employed.
authors.affiliation: Carl Zeiss AG, BS Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burkhardt
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rudolf
authors.forename: Nico
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Correns
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006696:Holography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008904:Miniaturization; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*