Optimization of graded multilayer designs for astronomical x-ray telescopes

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 4766-4775

  Mao, Peter H ^a   Harrison, Fiona A ^a   Windt, David L ^b   Christensen, Finn E ^c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMY; CARBON; FOCUSING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIRRORS; MULTILAYERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; PLATINUM; SILICON; TUNGSTEN;

ASTRONOMICAL X RAY TELESCOPES; BALLOON-BORNE HIGH ENERGY FOCUSING TELESCOPES;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0032621520     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.004766     Document Type: Article

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