Self-consistent computation of X-ray mirror Point Spread Functions from surface profile and roughness

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Raimondi, L ^a,b   Spiga, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Figure errors; Point Spread Function; X ray mirrors; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; APERTURE DIFFRACTION; FIGURE ERROR; FIRST ORDER SCATTERING THEORY; FOURIER COMPONENTS; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL DEFORMATION; GRAZING INCIDENCE; HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; MICRO-ROUGHNESS; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS; SPATIAL WAVELENGTHS; SURFACE PROFILES; X RAY MIRRORS; X-RAY ENERGIES;

DIFFRACTION; ERRORS; INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICAL OPTICS; SCATTERING; SPACE TELESCOPES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957865114     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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