High resolution imaging with multilayer telescopes: Resolution performance of the MSSTA II telescopes

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1063-1079

  Martínez Galarce, Dennis S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Far ultraviolet to extreme ultraviolet imaging; Multilayer optics; Solar chromosphere; Solar corona; Space optics; Spectroheliograph

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345964666     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602468     Document Type: Article

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