Grating Spectrograph Designer

Units and System Parameters
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Unit of Distance Unit of Angle At Object
Unit of Wavelength Central Wavelength [micron]
System Imaging Focal Length [m]

Object Parameters
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Slit Length at Object [rad] Diffraction Limit at Object [rad]

Telescope Parameters
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Telescope Pupil Diameter [m] Telescope Focal Length [m]
Telescope Focal Ratio Telescope Plate Scale [rad/m]
Slit Length at Telescope Focus [m] Diffraction Limit at Telescope [m]

Slit Parameters
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Slit Width at Object [rad] Slit Width at Telescope Focus [m]
Projected Slit Width [pixel]

Collimator Parameters
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Collimator Focal Length [m] Collimator Beam Size [m]

Grating Parameters
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Grating Groove Pitch [line/mm] Grating Order
Grating Input Angle (alpha) [deg] Grating Spectrograph Angle [deg]
Grating Beam Ratio Grating Length [m]
Grating Free Spectral Range [micron] Grating Free Spectral Range [pixel]
Grating Dispersion [micron/pixel] Grating Dispersion [m/s/pixel]
Grating Dispersion [R-pixel] Grating Dispersion [micron/slit]
Grating Dispersion [m/s/slit] Grating Dispersion [R-slit]

Camera Parameters
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Camera Focal Length [m] Camera Imaging Focal Ratio
Camera Half-Width [deg]

Detector Parameters
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Detector Pixel Size [micron] System Imaging Plate Scale [pixel/rad]
Detector Width [pixel]

Diffraction parameters
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Diffraction Limit (cross-disp) [pixel] Diffraction Limit (disp-dir) [pixel]

Secondary Wavelengths
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Lo Wavelength [micron] Hi Wavelength [micron] 


	    
	    
	    
	


	


	
		
	    

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	    Also, some capabilities of the underlying program are not implemented by the web interface.
	    Mainly, this is when "LOOP" appears, which means that a ring of variables exist which could
	    in theory be solved, but the program needs to be given a starting value.
	

	

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		Last change 2007-02-17
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