Efficiency calibration of the first multilayer-coated holographic ion-etched flight grating for a sounding rocket high-resolution spectrometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 31, 1999, Pages 6487-6493

  Kowalski, Michael P ^a   Barbee, Troy W ^b   Heidemann, Klaus F ^c   Gursky, Herbert ^a   Rife, Jack C ^a   Hunter, William R ^d   Fritz, Gilbert G ^a   Cruddace, Raymond G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

^d SFA INC   (United States)

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EID: 0010817798     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006487     Document Type: Article

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