Development of a hard x-ray imaging polarimeter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2010, Issue , 1994, Pages 118-125

  Austin, Robert A ^a   Minamitani, Takahisa ^a   Ramsey, Brian D ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; ELLIPSOMETRY; OPTICAL TESTING; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; X RAYS;

HARD X-RAY IMAGING; MODULATION FACTORS; OPTICAL IMAGING; POLARIZED X-RAY; X-RAY INTERACTION; X-RAY POLARIZATIONS; X-RAY SOURCES;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 33748992931     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.168571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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