X-ray imaging glass micro-pore optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6688, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Collon, Maximilien J ^a   Beijersbergen, Marco W ^a   Wallace, Kotska ^b   Bavdaz, Marcos ^b   Fairbend, Ray ^c   Séguy, Julien ^c   Schyns, Emile ^c   Krumrey, Michael ^d   Freyberg, Michael ^e  

^a Cosine Research BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c PHOTONIS   (France)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glass; Micro channel; Micro pore; Wolter; X ray astronomy; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

MICROPORES; X RAY ENERGIES; X RAY IMAGERS; X RAY IMAGING;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GLASS; IMAGE SENSORS; MICROCHANNELS; REFLECTOMETERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; X RAY OPTICS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 42249084102     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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