Development of a large mosaic volume phase holographic (VPH) grating for APOGEE

James Arns; John C. Wilson; Mike Skrutskie; Steve Smee; Robert Barkhouser; Daniel Eisenstein; Jim Gunn; Fred Hearty; Al Harding; Paul Maseman; Jon Holtzman; Ricardo Schiavon; Bruce Gillespie; Steven Majewski

doi:10.1117/12.857623

19 July 2010 Development of a large mosaic volume phase holographic (VPH) grating for APOGEE

James Arns, John C. Wilson, Mike Skrutskie, Steve Smee, Robert Barkhouser, Daniel Eisenstein, Jim Gunn, Fred Hearty, Al Harding, Paul Maseman, Jon Holtzman, Ricardo Schiavon, Bruce Gillespie, Steven Majewski

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Proceedings Volume 7739, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation; 773913 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857623
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Volume phase holographic (VPH) gratings are increasingly being used as diffractive elements in astronomical instruments due to their potential for very high peak diffraction efficiencies and the possibility of a compact instrument design when the gratings are used in transmission. Historically, VPH grating (VPHG) sizes have been limited by the size of manufacturer's holographic recording optics. We report on the design, specification and fabrication of a large, 290 mm × 475 mm elliptically-shaped, mosaic VPHG for the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) spectrograph. This high-resolution near-infrared multi-object spectrograph is in construction for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS III). The 1008.6 lines/mm VPHG was designed for optimized performance over a wavelength range from 1.5 to 1.7 μm. A step-and-repeat exposure method was chosen to fabricate a three-segment mosaic on a 305 mm × 508 mm monolithic fused-silica substrate. Specification considerations imposed on the VPHG to assure the mosaic construction will satisfy the end use requirements are discussed. Production issues and test results of the mosaic VPHG are discussed.

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James Arns, John C. Wilson, Mike Skrutskie, Steve Smee, Robert Barkhouser, Daniel Eisenstein, Jim Gunn, Fred Hearty, Al Harding, Paul Maseman, Jon Holtzman, Ricardo Schiavon, Bruce Gillespie, and Steven Majewski "Development of a large mosaic volume phase holographic (VPH) grating for APOGEE", Proc. SPIE 7739, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation, 773913 (19 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857623

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