Abstract

The images formed by a concave grating used at grazing incidence are constructed by a ray-tracing method. The method, equivalent to a recently developed procedure of Spencer and Murty, can be used for any configuration of grating and object. The results are compared with a third-order approximate theory for the case of rays parallel to the Rowland plane.

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Spatial imaging in the soft x-ray region (20–304 Å) utilizing the astigmatism of a grazing incidence concave grating

Alex Nudelfuden, Raj Solanki, and H. Warren Moos
Appl. Opt. 24(6) 789-792 (1985)

Ray tracing through holographic gratings

H. Noda, T. Namioka, and M. Seya
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64(8) 1037-1042 (1974)

On the Concave Grating Spectrograph, Especially at Large Angles of Incidence

J. E. Mack, J. R. Stehn, and Bengt Edlén
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 22(5) 245-264 (1932)

The Diffraction Grating at Grazing Incidence

Luis W. Alvarez
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 26(9) 343-346 (1936)

Measuring concave diffraction grating efficiencies at grazing incidence

W. R. Hunter and D. K. Prinz
Appl. Opt. 16(12) 3171-3175 (1977)