Silicon pore optics for astrophysical X-ray missions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6688, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Collon, Maximilien J ^a   Günther, Ramses ^a   Kraft, Stefan ^a   Beijersbergen, Marco W ^a   Bavdaz, Marcos ^b   Wallace, Kotska ^b   Krumrey, Michael ^c   Freyberg, Michael ^d  

^a Cosine Research BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pore optics; Silicon; Stack; Wafer; X ray astronomy; X ray optics; X ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

ANGLE SCATTERING; ANGULAR RESOLUTION; PORE OPTICS; X RAY ASTRONOMY; X RAY TELESCOPES;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ASTROPHYSICS; PHOTONS; SILICON; SPACE TELESCOPES;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 42249083929     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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