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Great presentation Bob - thank you.
This thread is great as it is also helping me to get my head around the tuning problems I am having with the Quark.
This thread is great as it is also helping me to get my head around the tuning problems I am having with the Quark.
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Bob,
It seems the pressure tuner is "tuned" on band for 17.2psi absolute.
The absolute pressure in the chamber will be dependent of the local atmospheric pressure.
At Sea level (14.7psi)
<+2.5psi chamber pressure (<17.2psi absolute) will be off band more and more towards the red....
+2.5 psi chamber pressure (17.2psi absolute)will always be on-band (no matter what the "external" pressure is..)
>+2.5psi chamber pressure (>17.2 absolute) will be off band more and more towards the blue.
So, if we opened the chamber at 5000 ft altitude, the atmospheric pressure would be (14.7-2.5) = 12.2psi. Boyles Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyle's_law) says that more volume must be compressed to bring the pressure up to the 17.2psi absolute (=5psi chamber) pressure. The volume compressed needs to be greater with altitude. It also infers that at higher altitude, with the tuning piston removed, that the etalon will be well off band into the Red.
It seems the pressure tuner is "tuned" on band for 17.2psi absolute.
The absolute pressure in the chamber will be dependent of the local atmospheric pressure.
At Sea level (14.7psi)
<+2.5psi chamber pressure (<17.2psi absolute) will be off band more and more towards the red....
+2.5 psi chamber pressure (17.2psi absolute)will always be on-band (no matter what the "external" pressure is..)
>+2.5psi chamber pressure (>17.2 absolute) will be off band more and more towards the blue.
So, if we opened the chamber at 5000 ft altitude, the atmospheric pressure would be (14.7-2.5) = 12.2psi. Boyles Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyle's_law) says that more volume must be compressed to bring the pressure up to the 17.2psi absolute (=5psi chamber) pressure. The volume compressed needs to be greater with altitude. It also infers that at higher altitude, with the tuning piston removed, that the etalon will be well off band into the Red.
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Ooops - you're right Ken, it was late and my arithmetic skills must have been asleep! I will correct the entry.
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Mike,
The quark uses a solid etalon, temperature dependent...
Not sure what impact (if any) pressure/ air refractive index would have.
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The quark is a sealed unit (allegedly according to daystar) and so should be not affected by barometric pressure changes.
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It is atmosphere pressure insensitive, cause it is not an air spaced, but mica spaced etalon. Sealed for the gel which is between themarktownley wrote:The quark is a sealed unit (allegedly according to daystar) and so should be not affected by barometric pressure changes.
etalon elements and blocking filter and cover - AFAIK.
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Guys,
I just re-found the earlier spreadsheet by Gert which addresses the atmospheric and tilt issues...
I knew it was somewhere!!!
I just re-found the earlier spreadsheet by Gert which addresses the atmospheric and tilt issues...
I knew it was somewhere!!!
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Merlin66 wrote:Guys,
I just re-found the earlier spreadsheet by Gert which addresses the atmospheric and tilt issues...
I knew it was somewhere!!!
Hah! Good with a tilt. And does not corresponds to the reality in CWL vs pressure.
This last week the barometric pressure were changed between 759 and 767 mm Hg.
The temperature and relative humidity was nearly the same temp were 2-3C.
The day with 759mm Hg I have to add a very little tilt to come to the Ha CWL - i.e.
with slight tilt the picture becomes more contrasty and a bit darker.
The day with 767mm Hg the picture were already in Ha and any even slightest tilt makes
it much less contrasty and brighter.
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Valery,
I do believe it does a very good job.
I would need to see your images to evaluate.
I assume we are talking about a tilt tuned etalon at various atmospheric pressures...
I do believe it does a very good job.
I would need to see your images to evaluate.
I assume we are talking about a tilt tuned etalon at various atmospheric pressures...
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Yes, tuned SM40. But the same with Lunt LS50F Ha.Merlin66 wrote:Valery,
I do believe it does a very good job.
I would need to see your images to evaluate.
I assume we are talking about a tilt tuned etalon at various atmospheric pressures...
I need to install this telescope on the equatorial mount and make a sequence of pictures at different
pressures and temp.
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I found this interesting but if the temperature stays the same and you increase the pressure the bandpass moves red. You can check it on http://lightmachinery.com/optical-desig ... -designer/
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mark,
Yes, that's what Gert's spreadsheet shows....
Yes, that's what Gert's spreadsheet shows....
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Well this is rather strange.
We know that Andy Lunt specifically states the pressure tuned etalons are made to be to the red side of the H alpha line, and that by adding pressure in the sealed etalon cell, the air density in the gap would increase, and therefore the refractive index should increase as well. This is shown in Mike’s graph as well.
If an etalon starts out on the red side of the Ha line, how would the Etalon Designer calculator’s results showing red-shifting get it on-band? Perhaps the calculator can not deal with these relatively small refractive index changes in a very accurate manner?
First, refractive index (n) with respect to wavelength is defined as λ = λ0 / n, where λ0 is the wavelength in a vacuum. It is therefore easy to see that for any transparent medium more dense than a vacuum, the resulting wavelength will become shorter, not longer.
When we use the Etalon Designer with larger refractive index changes, this is exactly what we see. I have designed the etalon to be on-band for H alpha in a vacuum, where n = 1.00 :
Successively increasing the refractive index by 0.05 results in the expected shortening of the wavelengths:
Can’t say I’m an expert in any of this, but it does seem to me that if we move to a higher altitude with decreased air pressure, e.g. less air density and hence a lower refractive index, the wavelength will lengthen towards what it would approach in a vacuum – and shift to the red. So we need to either tilt the etalon to blue shift the CWL back onto the H alpha line, or increase the air pressure > density > refractive index to do the same.
Looking forward to more discussion and elucidation...
We know that Andy Lunt specifically states the pressure tuned etalons are made to be to the red side of the H alpha line, and that by adding pressure in the sealed etalon cell, the air density in the gap would increase, and therefore the refractive index should increase as well. This is shown in Mike’s graph as well.
If an etalon starts out on the red side of the Ha line, how would the Etalon Designer calculator’s results showing red-shifting get it on-band? Perhaps the calculator can not deal with these relatively small refractive index changes in a very accurate manner?
First, refractive index (n) with respect to wavelength is defined as λ = λ0 / n, where λ0 is the wavelength in a vacuum. It is therefore easy to see that for any transparent medium more dense than a vacuum, the resulting wavelength will become shorter, not longer.
So if the pressure tuned etalon is designed to be on-band at a high refractive index (low altitude), and we go up in altitude and have a reduced refractive index (wavelengths become longer), we have to increase the refractive index to shorten them (blue shift) to come back on-band.The refractive index can be seen as the factor by which the speed and the wavelength of the radiation are reduced with respect to their vacuum values. Emphasis added.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractive_index
When we use the Etalon Designer with larger refractive index changes, this is exactly what we see. I have designed the etalon to be on-band for H alpha in a vacuum, where n = 1.00 :
Successively increasing the refractive index by 0.05 results in the expected shortening of the wavelengths:
Can’t say I’m an expert in any of this, but it does seem to me that if we move to a higher altitude with decreased air pressure, e.g. less air density and hence a lower refractive index, the wavelength will lengthen towards what it would approach in a vacuum – and shift to the red. So we need to either tilt the etalon to blue shift the CWL back onto the H alpha line, or increase the air pressure > density > refractive index to do the same.
Looking forward to more discussion and elucidation...
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Bob,
Could be the parameters you selected...
The air gap in a "normal" Coronado etalon is close to 0.21mm ( as per Gert's analysis)
In your sheet you have 0.4mm - double the standard.....also the reflectivity is more like 80% to 85%
Could be the parameters you selected...
The air gap in a "normal" Coronado etalon is close to 0.21mm ( as per Gert's analysis)
In your sheet you have 0.4mm - double the standard.....also the reflectivity is more like 80% to 85%
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Hi Ken,
I just tried using different values that would get me a line close to the central transmission peak in a vacuum. But I don't see how changing any of those parameters should cause an overall change in the etalon behavior due to refractive index. But the program seems to - for larger refractive index changes, the transmission peak(s) are shifted blue-ward, but for real-world very small changes, the peaks are shifted red-ward.
Using the values you gave, for very small changes in refractive index we again have red-ward shifts of the transmission peaks. For larger values we again have a blue-ward shift, but it is quite small even when going from a vacuum refractive index to that of say fused quartz. Again as above I used a secondary wavelength distance of 0.5 nm for reference. The adjacent peaks reveal the shortening of the wavelength:
And if we make a very small adjustment to the spacing parameter to center the H alpha line, we get essentially no CWL shift at all, but do again have the shortening of the wavelength of the adjacent peaks:
Again this may be an issue with the calculator and what type or degree of changes it is meant to be able to model. I have made an inquiry.
I just tried using different values that would get me a line close to the central transmission peak in a vacuum. But I don't see how changing any of those parameters should cause an overall change in the etalon behavior due to refractive index. But the program seems to - for larger refractive index changes, the transmission peak(s) are shifted blue-ward, but for real-world very small changes, the peaks are shifted red-ward.
Using the values you gave, for very small changes in refractive index we again have red-ward shifts of the transmission peaks. For larger values we again have a blue-ward shift, but it is quite small even when going from a vacuum refractive index to that of say fused quartz. Again as above I used a secondary wavelength distance of 0.5 nm for reference. The adjacent peaks reveal the shortening of the wavelength:
And if we make a very small adjustment to the spacing parameter to center the H alpha line, we get essentially no CWL shift at all, but do again have the shortening of the wavelength of the adjacent peaks:
Again this may be an issue with the calculator and what type or degree of changes it is meant to be able to model. I have made an inquiry.
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Bob,
The finesse for my SM60 was around 11A, which seems to match with a blocking filter of 10A.
Gert's work seems to confirm:
2.5psi change gives 0.4A shift, 1 degree tilt gives 0.4A shift (to the blue) at constant temp...
I had hoped that the design CWL point was a bit further into the red than the 0.2A being found...this barely gets the CWL into the red wing of Ha.
Bob,
The finesse for my SM60 was around 11A, which seems to match with a blocking filter of 10A.
Gert's work seems to confirm:
2.5psi change gives 0.4A shift, 1 degree tilt gives 0.4A shift (to the blue) at constant temp...
I had hoped that the design CWL point was a bit further into the red than the 0.2A being found...this barely gets the CWL into the red wing of Ha.
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Hi Ken,
Hmmm....
Christian's graphs show the same 0.4 A tilt shift as well, but only for a mica etalon. He notes that "If we assume Coronado filters are air-spaced, then a 1° tilt shifts the CWL by 1 A (versus 0.4 A for mica-spaced F-P etalon)."
Mica:
Air:
Finesse 11A? - Oh, I see - the FSR is 11A, and the FWHM is 1A. Finesse is FSR/FWHM, but is dimensionless. ;-)
Hmmm....
Christian's graphs show the same 0.4 A tilt shift as well, but only for a mica etalon. He notes that "If we assume Coronado filters are air-spaced, then a 1° tilt shifts the CWL by 1 A (versus 0.4 A for mica-spaced F-P etalon)."
Mica:
Air:
Finesse 11A? - Oh, I see - the FSR is 11A, and the FWHM is 1A. Finesse is FSR/FWHM, but is dimensionless. ;-)
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You are correct - FSR!
Re-checking Gert's spreadsheet, I was in error...it actually shows a 1A blue shift for a 1 degree tilt.
This agrees with your statement.
Sorry for the confusion.
Re-checking Gert's spreadsheet, I was in error...it actually shows a 1A blue shift for a 1 degree tilt.
This agrees with your statement.
Sorry for the confusion.
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OK, from the calculator.
656.3nm,90% mirror,.15mm spacer,32mmCA,.1arcsec,1rms nm surface gives a .08nm HW, 1.43nm FSR. This is what your normal air spaced etalons are based on.
Using the index from the graph for air of 1.000280 you have a peck at 655.2058nm CWL.
Using the index from the graph at a higher pressure of 1.000300 you have the peck at 655.2230nm CWL.
As the pressure increases the peak shifted red.
I asked the etalon engineer from LightMachinery just to be sure.
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656.3nm,90% mirror,.15mm spacer,32mmCA,.1arcsec,1rms nm surface gives a .08nm HW, 1.43nm FSR. This is what your normal air spaced etalons are based on.
Using the index from the graph for air of 1.000280 you have a peck at 655.2058nm CWL.
Using the index from the graph at a higher pressure of 1.000300 you have the peck at 655.2230nm CWL.
As the pressure increases the peak shifted red.
I asked the etalon engineer from LightMachinery just to be sure.
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Thanks Mark. Always good to have some hard figures to work with.
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Mark,
Interesting but....
We find the spacing closer to 0.215mm, and the FSR at 11A.....the FWHM was approx. 0.8A
Based on measurements from a Coronado SM60 etalon.
Interesting but....
We find the spacing closer to 0.215mm, and the FSR at 11A.....the FWHM was approx. 0.8A
Based on measurements from a Coronado SM60 etalon.
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This is what I came up with as the design they are working for. I had checked an 60mm Coronado years ago. The inter-order spacing was about 15Ang. The main blocker bandpass would had been 6-8Ang HW to block the next peak.
I don't know how you posted the image of the designer page. But if the attachment does not come out the spec are,
656.3nm CWL,95%T mirror,spacer .154+mm fuse Silica, 32CA,incident angle 1.3 deg, 50th wave, mirror error .02 arc sec,surface RMS 5nm, this give you 29%T,.77Ang HW,14 FRS. This matches what I measured before.
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656.3nm CWL,95%T mirror,spacer .154+mm fuse Silica, 32CA,incident angle 1.3 deg, 50th wave, mirror error .02 arc sec,surface RMS 5nm, this give you 29%T,.77Ang HW,14 FRS. This matches what I measured before.
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Still looking into the complexities and waiting to hear back form some experts, but John Hunter from Light Machinery did get back to me and states:
λp = 2 n t cos θ
These are represented as:
See: http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/Instruments/ ... icfp5.html
These parameters are defined as:
n gap refractive index
t gap thickness
θ angle of incidence (tilt)
Therefore we can see that:
1. As refractive index increases, the wavelength will increase (peak(s) shift red-ward);
2. As the gap thickness increases, the wavelength will increase (peak(s) shift red-ward);
3. As the tilt angle increases, the cosine decreases, and the wavelength decreases (peaks(s) shift blue-ward).
So for etalon tuning, item one (1) is air pressure tuning as implemented by Lunt, which effects a change in refractive index n. Item two (2) is where “rich-view” mechanical pressure tuning is used by Coronado to change the actual gap thickness t. For both filter makes, tilt tuning is utilized to change the incidence angle θ for front mounted etalons. Rear mounted etalons use temperature, which affects both the gap thickness t, and the refractive index n.
Doing more research, I think I’ve found the answer to the question(s) of transmission peak wavelength shifts for tuning in FP etalons through the basic etalon theory formula:Thanks for your inquiry. Etalon shifts are a little baffling. Increasing thickness and index and pressure definitely shift individual peaks to the red. It would appear that the original [Lunt] diagram you show is simply incorrect. Meanwhile, tilt tuning does shift things towards the blue and that is always counter intuitive to me but it is definitely the case.
λp = 2 n t cos θ
These are represented as:
See: http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/Instruments/ ... icfp5.html
These parameters are defined as:
n gap refractive index
t gap thickness
θ angle of incidence (tilt)
Therefore we can see that:
1. As refractive index increases, the wavelength will increase (peak(s) shift red-ward);
2. As the gap thickness increases, the wavelength will increase (peak(s) shift red-ward);
3. As the tilt angle increases, the cosine decreases, and the wavelength decreases (peaks(s) shift blue-ward).
So for etalon tuning, item one (1) is air pressure tuning as implemented by Lunt, which effects a change in refractive index n. Item two (2) is where “rich-view” mechanical pressure tuning is used by Coronado to change the actual gap thickness t. For both filter makes, tilt tuning is utilized to change the incidence angle θ for front mounted etalons. Rear mounted etalons use temperature, which affects both the gap thickness t, and the refractive index n.
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Today I performed a little experiment. I observed the sun at the same altitude and barometric pressure, but at the different temperatures. I observed the sun from outside at my backyard at 767nm Hg and -5C and from inside (+25C) through a window with good flat glasses surfaces. My estimation of the air refractive index change is from 1.000263 (inside) to 1,000275 (outside).Bob Yoesle wrote:
So for etalon tuning, item one (1) is air pressure tuning as implemented by Lunt, which effects a change in refractive index n. Item two (2) is where “rich-view” mechanical pressure tuning is used by Coronado to change the actual gap thickness t. For both filter makes, tilt tuning is utilized to change the incidence angle θ for front mounted etalons. Rear mounted etalons use temperature, which affects both the gap thickness t, and the refractive index n.
The CWL shifted red when inside (lower refractive index).
So, we can conclude that with the refractive index goes smaller, the etalon's CWL shifts red.
The only factor of uncertainty is the etalon's spacers thickness change. With it's increasing the CWL should shift red-ward. So, I am not sure what is the reason of this CWL shift - the air refractive index change or the etalon spacers thickness change.
Bob,
As some peoples realized, the Rich View tuner does not change the pressure on the etalon plates and does not change the etalon gap. It just changes the range where one can tilt the etalon. The same is with PST etalons.
Valery.
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Some comments:
Valery re-read your message - it states the index was HIGHER indoors - hence moves to the red.
Also, the small spacers used in the air-spaced etalons I believe a quartz crystal flakes - about 0.2mm thick. I haven't check recently the thermal expansion of quartz, but I know it's VERY low.
I'm intrigued by the comment on the Rich View....I had cause recently to pull one apart (SM90 etalon) and was a little surprised to see the small nylon tip pressing directly (well, on the silly circular piece of aluminium tape) on the centre of the external plate which was NOT supported in any way, just sitting on the spacers, no side restraint.
The rear of the etalon (the second plate being held with numerous blobs of silicon around the edge) was supported by a resilient rubber (?) ring. This made me question how much pressure could actually be applied (but then I remember seeing someone who had managed to crack front plate!!)
This Rich View "arrangement" has no direct bearing, in my opinion, on the tilt you can apply via the T-max adaptor, so I don't know how it would affect the "range were one can tilt the etalon" Maybe you have some additional info.
Valery re-read your message - it states the index was HIGHER indoors - hence moves to the red.
Also, the small spacers used in the air-spaced etalons I believe a quartz crystal flakes - about 0.2mm thick. I haven't check recently the thermal expansion of quartz, but I know it's VERY low.
I'm intrigued by the comment on the Rich View....I had cause recently to pull one apart (SM90 etalon) and was a little surprised to see the small nylon tip pressing directly (well, on the silly circular piece of aluminium tape) on the centre of the external plate which was NOT supported in any way, just sitting on the spacers, no side restraint.
The rear of the etalon (the second plate being held with numerous blobs of silicon around the edge) was supported by a resilient rubber (?) ring. This made me question how much pressure could actually be applied (but then I remember seeing someone who had managed to crack front plate!!)
This Rich View "arrangement" has no direct bearing, in my opinion, on the tilt you can apply via the T-max adaptor, so I don't know how it would affect the "range were one can tilt the etalon" Maybe you have some additional info.
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My fault, Ken. Air refractive index was 1,000263 inside. I edited the post. Thank you for pointing out this my error.Merlin66 wrote:Some comments:
Valery re-read your message - it states the index was HIGHER indoors - hence moves to the red.
Also, the small spacers used in the air-spaced etalons I believe a quartz crystal flakes - about 0.2mm thick. I haven't check recently the thermal expansion of quartz, but I know it's VERY low.
I'm intrigued by the comment on the Rich View....I had cause recently to pull one apart (SM90 etalon) and was a little surprised to see the small nylon tip pressing directly (well, on the silly circular piece of aluminium tape) on the centre of the external plate which was NOT supported in any way, just sitting on the spacers, no side restraint.
The rear of the etalon (the second plate being held with numerous blobs of silicon around the edge) was supported by a resilient rubber (?) ring. This made me question how much pressure could actually be applied (but then I remember seeing someone who had managed to crack front plate!!)
This Rich View "arrangement" has no direct bearing, in my opinion, on the tilt you can apply via the T-max adaptor, so I don't know how it would affect the "range were one can tilt the etalon" Maybe you have some additional info.
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Bob,
You took too much air index change. In this case the picture map of the peaks changes so, that you see ANOTHER peak near the 6562.8A. You need to take the following
samples: R1= 1,00028, R2=1,00027, R3=1,00026, R4=1,00025 etc and see that peaks slowly moves blue with refractive index decreasing.
Valery.
You took too much air index change. In this case the picture map of the peaks changes so, that you see ANOTHER peak near the 6562.8A. You need to take the following
samples: R1= 1,00028, R2=1,00027, R3=1,00026, R4=1,00025 etc and see that peaks slowly moves blue with refractive index decreasing.
Valery.
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Thanks Valery.
OK, I see that: increased refractive index (air pressure) of the etalon gap shifts the transmission peak red-ward.
So to resolve the paradox in my thinking, I have to separate the world of the etalon gap and the world of the atmosphere and elevation with respect to refractive index changes.
In the atmosphere, a decreased air pressure as we gain elevation results in a decreased refractive index, and the H alpha line is shifted red-ward until we get to the vacuum of space, where the wavelength will be defined by: λair = λvac / n. So if we define the sea level index of refraction as 1.00028, λvac = 656.28 nm x 1.00028 = 656.46 nm
So to compensate for this increasing red-shifting of the transmission peak with altitude, we can use tilting, which per λp = 2 n t cos θ, the increased angle of incidence through the etalon gap will decrease the wavelength of the peak transmission. The etalon used for tilt tuning would therefore appear to have to be on-band at higher elevations, and tilted to be shifted blue-ward as we approach and get to sea level elevations. Put another way, the etalon is “tuned” to be on the red side of the H alpha emission when near sea level, and must be tilted to come on band. As we gain elevation, less tilt is required to put the etalon on the H alpha line:
For pressure tuning, the opposite is the case. We can use increased gap pressure/refractive index, which per λp = 2 n t cos θ, the increased pressure/refractive index of the etalon gap will increase the wavelength of the peak transmission. The etalon would appear to have to be “tuned” to on the blue side of the H alpha emission when near sea level, and must have the pressure increased to shift the transmission peak red-ward as we gain elevation:
OK, I see that: increased refractive index (air pressure) of the etalon gap shifts the transmission peak red-ward.
So to resolve the paradox in my thinking, I have to separate the world of the etalon gap and the world of the atmosphere and elevation with respect to refractive index changes.
In the atmosphere, a decreased air pressure as we gain elevation results in a decreased refractive index, and the H alpha line is shifted red-ward until we get to the vacuum of space, where the wavelength will be defined by: λair = λvac / n. So if we define the sea level index of refraction as 1.00028, λvac = 656.28 nm x 1.00028 = 656.46 nm
So to compensate for this increasing red-shifting of the transmission peak with altitude, we can use tilting, which per λp = 2 n t cos θ, the increased angle of incidence through the etalon gap will decrease the wavelength of the peak transmission. The etalon used for tilt tuning would therefore appear to have to be on-band at higher elevations, and tilted to be shifted blue-ward as we approach and get to sea level elevations. Put another way, the etalon is “tuned” to be on the red side of the H alpha emission when near sea level, and must be tilted to come on band. As we gain elevation, less tilt is required to put the etalon on the H alpha line:
For pressure tuning, the opposite is the case. We can use increased gap pressure/refractive index, which per λp = 2 n t cos θ, the increased pressure/refractive index of the etalon gap will increase the wavelength of the peak transmission. The etalon would appear to have to be “tuned” to on the blue side of the H alpha emission when near sea level, and must have the pressure increased to shift the transmission peak red-ward as we gain elevation:
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Bob, now we have clarified that, we need to address the sweet spot in tilt systems vs pressure tuned.................
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Great thread fella's, i'm enjoying reading it
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most interesting, keep on with the good explanations
most interesting, keep on with the good explanations
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In a previous thread (http://solarchat.natca.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14573), we established:Bob, now we have clarified that, we need to address the sweet spot in tilt systems vs pressure tuned...
This fits perfectly with the curves derived by Christian (http://www.astrosurf.com/viladrich/astr ... P-Coro.htm):Therefore the Jacquinot spot peak wavelength variation limit can be mathematically expressed as:
Equation 1: Δλ = √2 x FWHM
The tilt (field) angle verses wavelength change can be found with Christians formula above for the CWL shift:
(Equation 2): Δλ = ½ (CWL / n^2) θ^2
We can now solve for θ:
√2 x FWHM = ½ (CWL / n^2) θ^2
θ^2 = √2 x FWHM ÷ ½ (CWL / n^2)
So we can see that for the relatively small changes in refractive index n that occur with pressure tuning, there will be a very small (likely imperceptible) change in the size of the Jacquinot ("sweet") spot. It appears for tilting, the size of the spot will not change, but will also shift to follow the CWL shift:
As can be seen, the change in CWL varies quadratically with tilt, so the greater the tilt the the more the edge of the sweet spot will shift off-band as well.
And getting back to Robert's original question:
If my assumptions from the above post are correct, the answer appears to be quite definitely "yes." However, it would therefore appear possible to apply a negative pressure or "vacuum tuning" to a tilt tuned etalon enclosed in an identical pressure-tuned embodiment in order to shift the CWL blue-ward...Does that mean an etalon designed for tilting will be wrongly setup to be pressure tuned with positive pressure increase?
Hand vaccuum pumps are readily available, and it would appear to be an excellent DIY project:
Of course, one could get quite more elaborate ;-)
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most interesting with the vacuum. We could do that easely with a valve at the black PT knob of the LUNTS (pat. pending )
most interesting with the vacuum. We could do that easely with a valve at the black PT knob of the LUNTS (pat. pending )
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Hi Walter,
I would make an intermediate coupler (between the etalon housing and the attached pressure tuner) with a vacuum line connection and stop valve, and then use the pressure tuner for fine adjustment.
Yeah, I should have patented the enclosed/vented "safe" Herschel wedge as well... http://www.cloudynights.com/topic/33027 ... wedge-mod/
I would make an intermediate coupler (between the etalon housing and the attached pressure tuner) with a vacuum line connection and stop valve, and then use the pressure tuner for fine adjustment.
(pat. pending )
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a cool design of that vented herschel wedge
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