Lobster-eye x-ray optics: A rapid evaluation of the image distribution

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 632-642

  Peele, A G ^a,b   Nugent, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; CODES (SYMBOLS); IMAGE PROCESSING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICS; REFLECTION;

FLUX INCIDENT; FRESNEL REFLECTIVITY; IMAGE DISTRIBUTION; LOBSTER EYE X RAY OPTICS; RAY TRACING CODES; SEIDEL TYPE ABERRATIONS;

X RAYS;

EID: 0032002321     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000632     Document Type: Article

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