Critical-angle transmission grating spectrometer for high-resolution soft x-ray spectroscopy on the International X-ray Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Heilmann, Ralf K ^a   Davis, John E ^a   Dewey, Daniel ^a   Bautz, Mark W ^a   Foster, Rick ^a   Bruccoleri, Alex ^a   Mukherjee, Pran ^a   Robinson, David ^b   Huenemoerder, David P ^a   Marshall, Herman L ^a   Schattenburg, Mark L ^a   Schulz, Norbert S ^a   Guo, L Jay ^c   Kaplan, Alex F ^c   Schweikart, Russell B ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Blazed transmission grating; Critical angle transmission grating; International X ray Observatory; IXO; Ray tracing; Soft x ray; Sub aperture; X ray optics; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL-ANGLE TRANSMISSION GRATING; IXO; SOFT X-RAY; SUBAPERTURE; TRANSMISSION GRATINGS; X-RAY OBSERVATORY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ASTROPHYSICS; BUILDINGS; INSTRUMENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; NEON; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RAY TRACING; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957868660     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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