Spectrometers -- Optical Design
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Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
1. An emission instrument has a resolution of 0.1 nm. Would emission from calcium ion at 393.366 nm interfere with emission from neutral ruthenium at 393.176 nm? What assumptions have you made?
2. For the Cu 324.7 nm emission line, would an instrument with 0.1 nm resolution reveal evidence of self-reversal and, if so, how?
3. For the Cu 324.7 nm emission line, would an instrument with 0.001 nm resolution reveal evidence of self-reversal and, if so, how?
4. Complete the grating selection for the echelle system discussed in "Plane grating, Crossed with prism or grating, Multiple detector" by going to a grating catalog, finding a combination of groove density and blaze angle that gives the desired dispersion and free spectral range, and then choosing a first-order cross-dispersion grating to provide the desired order separation.
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