MCS260
CORNERSTONE 260 MONOCHROMATORS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................. 6
1.2 GENERAL WARNINGS ......................................................................................................... 7
1.3 ELECTRICAL HAZARDS ....................................................................................................... 7
1.4 MECHANICAL HANDLING .................................................................................................... 8
1.5 OPTICS CARE AND HANDLING ........................................................................................... 8
2 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 9
2.1 OPTICAL CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................. 9
2.2 STRAY LIGHT REJECTION ................................................................................................ 10
2.3 AVAILABLE MODELS .......................................................................................................... 10
2.4 TYPICAL APPLICATIONS ................................................................................................... 11
3 INITIAL SETUP .................................................................................................................................. 12
3.1 WHAT’S INCLUDED ............................................................................................................ 12
3.2 UNPACKING ........................................................................................................................ 12
3.3 CHOOSING A LOCATION ................................................................................................... 12
3.4 MOUNTING OPTIONS ......................................................................................................... 13
3.5 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER CONNECTIONS ............................................................. 14
4 SHUTTER ........................................................................................................................................... 16
4.1 REMOTE OPERATION ........................................................................................................ 16
5 INPUT AND OUTPUT SLITS ............................................................................................................. 17
5.1 FIXED SLITS ........................................................................................................................ 17
5.2 MICROMETER ADJUSTABLE SLITS ................................................................................. 18
5.3 MOTORIZED SLITS ............................................................................................................. 20
6 DIFFRACTION GRATINGS ............................................................................................................... 21
6.1 GRATING TYPES ................................................................................................................ 22
6.2 GRATING EFFICIENCY AND BLAZING ............................................................................. 23
6.3 POLARIZATION EFFECTS.................................................................................................. 26
7 MONOCHROMATOR RESOLUTION ................................................................................................ 27
7.1 DETERMINING RESOLUTION ............................................................................................ 28
8 GETTING LIGHT INTO A MONOCHROMATOR ............................................................................... 31
8.1 ACCEPTANCE PYRAMID ................................................................................................... 31
8.2 F NUMBER MATCHING ...................................................................................................... 32
9 BLOCKING HIGHER ORDER RADIATION ....................................................................................... 33
9.1 ORDER SORTING FILTERS ............................................................................................... 33
10 COMMUNICATION METHODS ......................................................................................................... 34
10.1 UTILITY SOFTWARE ........................................................................................................... 35
10.2 HAND CONTROLLER .......................................................................................................... 36
10.3 TRACQ BASIC SOFTWARE ............................................................................................... 37
10.4 LOW-LEVEL COMMANDS .................................................................................................. 38
10.5 MONO TERM SOFTWARE AND LABVIEW EXAMPLES ................................................... 38
11 GRATING INSTALLATION AND CALIBRATION ............................................................................... 39
11.1 RECALIBRATION SERVICES ............................................................................................. 39
11.2 SETTING THE WAVELENGTH OFFSET ............................................................................ 39
11.3 DETERMINING THE GRATING CALIBRATION FACTOR ................................................. 40
11.4 GRATING INSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 41
12 TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................................................... 43
12.1 CORRUPTED MEMORY ..................................................................................................... 43
12.2 GRATING TURRET POSITION ERROR ............................................................................. 44
13 SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................................................. 45
14 DIMENSIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 46
15 EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY............................................................................................. 48
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