Breadboard micro-pore optic development for x-ray imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6688, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wallace, Kotska ^a   Collon, Maximilien J ^b   Beijersbergen, Marco W ^b   Oemrawsingh, Sumant ^b   Bavdaz, Marcos ^c   Schyns, Emile ^d  

^a ESA   (Netherlands)

^b Cosine Research BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Science Payloads and Advanced Concepts Office   (Netherlands)

^d PHOTONIS   (France)

Author keywords

Micro channel; Micro pore; Optic; Optic structure; Wolter; X ray

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROPOROSITY; OPTIMIZATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RESEARCH;

MICROPORES; OPTIC STRUCTURE; PLANETARY EXPLORERS; VOLUME REDUCTION;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 42249099819     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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