Spectrometers

VirtualLab Fusion enables, through the fast physical optics concept, the realistic analysis of spectrometers taking into account physical optics effects. Both ray tracing and physical optics engines are implemented, with an easy switching between the two via an user-friendly interface. The gratings can be modeled with a rigorous method which is cogently combined with the model for the overall system, thus allowing for

a realistic calculation of the efficiencies for the different diffraction orders
a study of the manner in which those diffraction orders propagate and interact with the rest of the optical system
an analysis of the spectral resolution of the spectrometer

Simulation of by detector aperture of spectrometer: by varying the wavelength, the image of the entrance aperture is scanned over the detector aperture

Selected Use Cases

Find detailed technical information in the following selected samples:

Resolving Sodium Doublet by Using a Czerny-Turner Setup

A physical-optics-based simulation of Czerny-Turner setup consisting of parabolic mirrors and blazed grating for Sodium doublet examination, is investigated.

Diffraction Efficiency Analysis for a Czerny-Turner Setup

A physical-optics-based simulation of Czerny-Turner setup, which consists of parabolic mirrors and blazed grating, is presented.

Analysis of an Offner System with Non-Sequential Field Tracing

An Offner system that consists of two concentric spherical mirrors is built up and its imaging property is investigated by using the non-sequential field tracing in VirtualLab.

Examination of Sodium D Lines with Etalon

A silica-spaced etalon is build up and used to measure the sodium D lines, with the non-sequential field tracing technique in VirtualLab Fusion.

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