The X-ray and optical performance of the flight filters for the JET-X telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3114, Issue , 1997, Pages 384-391

  Castelli, C M ^a   Watson, D J ^a   Wells, A ^a   Kent, B J ^a   Barbera, M ^a   Collura, A ^a   Bavdaz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Instrumentation; JET X; X ray

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOIL; ATTENUATION; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY OPTICS;

FLIGHT FILTERS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0031288412     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.283781     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (15)

1. JET-X a joint european X-ray telescope for Spectrum-XG
2. CCD soft X-ray imagers for ASCA and AXAF
3. EUV band pass filters for the ROSAT wide field camera
4. Boron carbide as atomic oxygen protection for lexan filter on the ROSAT WFC
5. Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/Ion shields at the osservatorio astronomico di Palermo: IV-UV rejection measurements
6. Measurement of the transmission of the UV/Ion shields for AXAF HRC
7. Effects of interference and oxidation on the UV/visible rejection properties of filters for soft X-ray detectors
8. Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/Ion shields at osservatorio astronomico di Palermo: III - Synchrotron measurements of XANES in aluminium coated Lexan film samples