X-ray performance of gratings in the extreme off-plane mount

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5168, Issue , 2004, Pages 492-498

  McEntaffer, Randall L ^a   Osterman, Steven ^a   Cash, Webster ^a   Gilchrist, John ^b   Flamand, Jean ^c   Touzet, Bruno ^c   Bonnemason, Fransis ^c   Brach, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Jobin Yvon Inc   (United States)

^c Horiba Jobin Yvon   (France)

Author keywords

Holographic grating; Off plane mount

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HOLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SCATTERING; SPECTROMETERS; THROUGHPUT; X RAYS;

HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; OFF-PLANE MOUNT;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 1842739481     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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