Thin, plastic shell, X-ray optics: An update

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 480-490

  Schnopper, Herbert W ^a,d   Barbera, Marco ^b   Silver, Eric ^a   Ingram, Russell ^a   Christensen, Finn E ^c   Romaine, Suzanne ^a   Cohen, Lester ^a   Collura, Alfonso ^b   Murray, Stephen S ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d MS83   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate X ray optics; Plastic shell X ray optics; Point to point X ray imaging; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LENSES; MULTILAYERS; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY TUBES;

MICROCHANNEL PLATE DETECTORS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038634536     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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