title: Reduction of stray light in in-plane grating spectrometers.
abstract: The stray light in a commercial Czerny-Turner grating spectrometer has been investigated at wavelength readings between 1800 A and 5000 A. A simple method is described which eliminates that part of the stray light caused by multiple dispersions. This same method should also decrease stray light in other in-plane grating spectrometers with reflecting optics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy,University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Penchina