Abstract

The development of grating ruling is presented in capsule form, from the first experiment of Rittenhouse in 1876 to the ruling of large echelles under interferometric control. The evolution of wavelength tables, especially in the United States, is described.

© 1976 Optical Society of America

The Production of Diffraction GratingsI. Development of the Ruling Art*

George R. Harrison
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 39(6) 413-426 (1949)

Echelle gratings: their testing and improvement

George R. Harrison, Erwin G. Loewen, and Robert S. Wiley
Appl. Opt. 15(4) 971-976 (1976)

Some New Advances in Grating Ruling, Replication, and Testing

Richard F. Jarrell and George W. Stroke
Appl. Opt. 3(11) 1251-1262 (1964)

300  mm ruling engine producing gratings and echelles under interferometric control in China

Xiaotian Li, Haili Yu, Xiangdong Qi, Shulong Feng, Jicheng Cui, Shanwen Zhang, Jirigalantu, and Yuguo Tang
Appl. Opt. 54(7) 1819-1826 (2015)

Correcting groove error in gratings ruled on a 500-mm ruling engine using interferometric control

Xiaotao Mi, Haili Yu, Hongzhu Yu, Shanwen Zhang, Xiaotian Li, Xuefeng Yao, Xiangdong Qi, Bayinhedhig, and Qiuhua Wan
Appl. Opt. 56(21) 5857-5864 (2017)