Grating arrays for high-throughput soft X-ray spectrometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5168, Issue , 2004, Pages 248-259

  Rasmussen, A ^a,f   Aquila, A ^b   Bookbinder, J ^c   Chang, C ^d   Gullikson, E ^b   Heilmann, R ^e   Kahn, S M ^e   Paerels, F ^a   Schattenburg, M ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrophysical X ray Spectroscopy; Constellation X; Reflection Gratings Arrays

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; RAY TRACING; TELESCOPES; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ASTROPHYSICAL X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; CONSTELLATION-X; REFLECTION GRATINGS-ARRAYS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 1842790088     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.510045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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