Development of a critical-angle transmission grating spectrometer for the International X-Ray Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7437, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Heilmann, Ralf K ^a   Ahn, Minseung ^a   Bautz, Mark W ^a   Foster, Rick ^a   Huenemoerder, David P ^a   Marshall, Herman L ^a   Mukherjee, Pran ^a   Schattenburg, Mark L ^a   Schulz, Norbert S ^a   Smith, Matthew ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blazed transmission grating; Critical angle transmission grating; Extreme ultraviolet; International X ray observatory; Ixo; Soft X ray; X ray optics; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BLAZED TRANSMISSION GRATING; CRITICAL-ANGLE TRANSMISSION GRATING; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; INTERNATIONAL X-RAY OBSERVATORY; IXO; SOFT X-RAY;

ASPECT RATIO; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; BUILDINGS; OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 70449441064     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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