Astronomical soft X-ray mirrors reflectivity enhancement by multilayer coatings with carbon overcoating

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5488, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 481-491

  Pareschi, G ^a   Cotroneo, V ^a   Spiga, D ^a,e   Vernani, D ^a   Barbera, M ^b   Artale, M A ^b   Collura, A ^b   Varisco, S ^b   Grisoni, G ^c   Valsecchi, G ^c   Negri, B ^d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Media Lario srl   (Italy)

^d ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multilayer reflecting coatings; Soft x ray mirrors; X ray astronomical telescopes

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ASTRONOMY; COATING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTILAYER REFLECTING COATINGS; SOFT X RAY MIRRORS; X RAY ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES; X RAY BANDS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 10044281832     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.556838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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