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Normal- and grazing-incidence gratings and mountings used in space

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In most spectrometers, the grating is the component chosen to give the necessary spectral resolution either to filter the wavelength band or to obtain the line profiles. An overview of the grating properties and mountings used in space instrumentation is given.

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  1. IAS—Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France

    Philippe Lemaire

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  1. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Martin C. E. Huber , Anuschka Pauluhn  & Alex Zehnder ,  & 

  2. Mullard Space Science Lab, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, UK

    J. Len Culhane

  3. Nightsen, Inc., Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

    J. Gethyn Timothy

  4. Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany

    Klaus Wilhelm

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Lemaire, P. (2013). Normal- and grazing-incidence gratings and mountings used in space. In: Huber, M.C.E., Pauluhn, A., Culhane, J.L., Timothy, J.G., Wilhelm, K., Zehnder, A. (eds) Observing Photons in Space. ISSI Scientific Report Series, vol 9. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7804-1_10

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