Production and performance of the InFOCμS 20–40-keV graded multilayer mirror

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1856-1866

  Berendse, Fred ^a,b   Owens, Scott M ^a   Serlemitsos, Peter J ^a   Tueller, Jack ^a   Chan, Kai Wing ^a,c   Soong, Yang ^a,c   Krimm, Hans ^a,c   Baumgartner, Wayne H ^a,b   Ogasaka, Yasushi ^d   Tamura, Keisuke ^d   Okajima, Takashi ^d   Tawara, Yuzuru ^d   Yamashita, Koujun ^d   Misaki, Kazutami ^e   Kunieda, Hideyo ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c University of Space Research Association   (United States)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; X RAY OPTICS;

MULTILAYER MIRRORS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0042977538     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.001856     Document Type: Article

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