Volume phase holographic gratings for the Raman spectrometer for MMX (RAX)

Andreas Pohl; Ute Böttger; Maximilian Buder; Yuichiro Cho; Enrico Dietz; Till Hagelschuer; Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers; Selene Rodd-Routley; Fernando Rull; Susanne Schröder

doi:10.1117/12.2594603

24 August 2021 Volume phase holographic gratings for the Raman spectrometer for MMX (RAX)

Andreas Pohl, Ute Böttger, Maximilian Buder, Yuichiro Cho, Enrico Dietz, Till Hagelschuer, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Selene Rodd-Routley, Fernando Rull, Susanne Schröder

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Proceedings Volume 11820, Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III; 1182006 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594603
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2021, San Diego, California, United States

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The Raman Spectrometer for MMX (RAX) as part of the JAXAs Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, to be launched in 2024, is designed for in-situ science on the Martian moon Phobos. It is installed on the MMX rover to investigate the Phobos surface mineralogy complementary to the anticipated sample return mission of MMX reaching earth in 2029 [1]. To ensure high Raman signals with the RAX instrument we utilize a volume phase holographic (VPH) grating as diffracting element. The VPH grating diffracts light by refractive index modulations within a thin layer of transmissive gelatin sandwiched between two glass substrates. Optimized VPH grating parameters combined with a small spectral bandwidth lead to peak efficiencies approaching up to 100 % [2]. Due to the rather small Raman scattering efficiency they are particular suitable for space instrumentation, where initial laser intensity is relatively limited [3]. We have designed an optical setup for the characterization of 1st order diffraction efficiency and wave front aberration evaluation. A laser source similar in emission characteristics to the RAX laser (Nd:YAG at 532 nm) is widened to 14.2 mm beam diameter before illuminating the VPH grating. The VPH grating is installed axis-centered on a rotation platform within a second outer rotational platform mounting a camera for optical verification or a laser power meter for the diffraction efficiency measurement. The VPH gratings reach diffraction efficiencies up to 87 % within their specified spectral range with diffraction limited patterns nearly identical to the undisturbed reference beam and dispersed only due to the laser band width.

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Andreas Pohl, Ute Böttger, Maximilian Buder, Yuichiro Cho, Enrico Dietz, Till Hagelschuer, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Selene Rodd-Routley, Fernando Rull, and Susanne Schröder "Volume phase holographic gratings for the Raman spectrometer for MMX (RAX)", Proc. SPIE 11820, Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III, 1182006 (24 August 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594603

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