Optimization of the parameters of the ideal 180° spherical analyzer

Resolution and intensity behaviour of the spherical analyzer are mainly determined by the entrance parameters (aperture angle 2α _m , relative width of the entrance slita/r ₀) and by the relative width of the exit slitb/r ₀. The mutual relation of these parameteres can be so optimized that independent of the required resolution the quantities étendue or luminosity of the spherical analyzer attain a maximum.