Design of high-resolution grazing-incidence echelle monochromators

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 5363-5370

  Poletto, Luca ^a   Frassetto, Fabio ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FREE ELECTRON LASERS; GEOMETRY; LASER RADIATION; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

COMPACT SIZE; ECHELLE MONOCHROMATORS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; GRAZING INCIDENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; OFF-PLANE MOUNT; SOFT X-RAY REGIONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 70349677313     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.005363     Document Type: Article

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