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Detection and Spectrometry of Faint Light

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  • © 1976

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Authors:
  1. John Meaburn

    1. Dept. of Astronomy, University of Manchester, England

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 56)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Principles of Spectrometry

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Quantum Detectors

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 13-40

  4. The Prism Spectrometers

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 41-48

  5. Useful Diffraction Gratings

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 49-62

  6. Dispersive Spectrometers Employing Gratings

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 63-103

  7. Useful High-Order Plane Fabry-Pérot Etalons

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 104-135

  8. Interference Filters and Their Cameras

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 136-165

  9. The High-Order Fabry-Pérot Spectrometers

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 166-202

  10. The Fourier Transform Spectrometers

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 203-221

  11. Some Crossed Spectrometers

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 222-245

  12. Signal to Noise Ratios-The Principal Criteria of Merit

    • John Meaburn
    Pages 246-266

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 267-273
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About this book

The aim of this book is to bridge the gap between the pure instrumental physicist and the user of detectors and spectrometers. The essential parameters describing the performance of these devices are identified and the designs of a wide variety of practical instruments are illustrated working on topical problems. The author has spent 14 years designing and applying spectrometers in the visible and near infra-red domains predominantly to investigate gaseous nebulae. Most recently he has designed for instance a large (15 x IS-in.) Ha interference filter for the SRC, 48-in. Schmidt camera, insect-eye Fabry-Perot spectrographs, image tube filter cameras, a SISAM monochromator, a three-beam Fabry-Perot monochromator (collaboratively) for the ISO-in. Anglo-Australian telescope and a two-etalon PEPSIOS type monochromator. Consequently emphasis in this book is placed on devices useful from the ultra-violet to the infra-red. Likewise many of the illustrations are drawn from astronomy. However most of the ideas that are presented invariably have applications in other branches of science and wavelength domains.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Astronomy, University of Manchester, England

    John Meaburn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Detection and Spectrometry of Faint Light

  • Authors: John Meaburn

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6914-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1198-4Published: 31 October 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-6914-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 273

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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