Development of X-ray pore optics: Novel high-resolution silicon millipore optics for XEUS and ultra-low mass glass micropore optics for imaging and timing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5539, Issue , 2004, Pages 104-115

  Beijersbergen, Marco ^a   Kraft, Stefan ^a   Bavdaz, Marcos ^b   Lumb, David ^b   Günther, Ramses ^a   Collon, Maximilien ^a   Mieremet, Arjan ^a   Fairbend, Ray ^c   Peacock, Anthony ^b  

^a Cosine Research B V ^*  (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c PHOTONIS   (France)

Author keywords

Low mass; Micro channel plate; Pore optics; Silicon; Stack; Wafer; Wolter; X ray astronomy; X ray optics; XEUS

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; GLASS FIBERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROOPTICS; SILICON WAFERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ASTROPHYSICS MISSIONS; MICROCHANNEL PLATES; PORE OPTICS; X RAY ASTRONOMY;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 15844373349     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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