Studies in thin diffraction gratings for flight applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6273 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shipley, Ann ^a   Gleeson, Brian ^a   McEntaffer, Randall ^a   Cash, Webster ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Diffraction grating; Electroform; Foil; Grating; Off plane mount; Replica; Thin substrate; X ray

Indexed keywords

ELECTROFORM; OFF-PLANE MOUNT; REPLICA; THIN SUBSTRATES;

ASTRONOMY; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MIRRORS; SPECTROGRAPHS; SUBSTRATES; X RAYS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33749600712     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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