Mosaiced and high line frequency VPH gratings for astronomy

Pierre-Alexandre Blanche; Patrick Gailly; Serge Habraken; Philippe Lemaire; Claude Jamar

doi:10.1117/12.548738

24 September 2004 Mosaiced and high line frequency VPH gratings for astronomy

Pierre-Alexandre Blanche, Patrick Gailly, Serge Habraken, Philippe Lemaire, Claude Jamar

Proceedings Volume 5494, Optical Fabrication, Metrology, and Material Advancements for Telescopes; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548738
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

To increase the size of the volume phase holographic gratings the Centre Spatial de Liege can produce, mosaic technic has been tested and characterized. This method consists of assembling VPH gratings recorded and processed independently into one larger grating. By this way, the final grating size becomes virtually unlimited and dispersive elements can accommodate the largest telescope beams. The second research line about VPH gratings was the high line frequency domain: ν > 3000 lp/mm. Actually, for these frequencies, diffraction according to TE and TM modes is maximum for different wavelengths. However, it is possible to tune the index modulation to three times what is usually required to use the first diffraction TE peak. In this case, the second TE maximum matches the first TM maximum and unpolarized light is so entirely diffracted. This article also summarizes our prospects in the field of very high index modulation gratings where Δn as high as 0.14 has been reached; cryogenic temperature operation for which we have demonstrated our VPH gratings stand -180°C without any Blaze modification; and wavefront correction by post-polishing to minimize diffracted beam aberrations. With this latter technique, λ/6 wavefront over 10 cm diameter has been obtained in the first trial.

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Pierre-Alexandre Blanche, Patrick Gailly, Serge Habraken, Philippe Lemaire, and Claude Jamar "Mosaiced and high line frequency VPH gratings for astronomy", Proc. SPIE 5494, Optical Fabrication, Metrology, and Material Advancements for Telescopes, (24 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548738

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