Point spread function of real Wolter-I X-ray mirrors: Computation by means of the Huygens-Fresnel principle

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8147, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Raimondi, L ^a,b   Spiga, D ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Huygens Fresnel principle; Point Spread Function; Wolter I; X ray mirrors

Indexed keywords

FIGURE ERROR; FIRST ORDER; FIRST ORDER SCATTERING THEORY; FOURIER COMPONENTS; GENERAL METHOD; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; GRAZING INCIDENCE; HARD X RAY; HUYGENS-FRESNEL PRINCIPLE; MICRO-ROUGHNESS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS; PROFILE ERROR; REFLECTION OPTICS; SIMULATED PROFILE; SPATIAL WAVELENGTHS; WOLTER-I; X RAY MIRRORS; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY ENERGIES; X-RAY MIRROR SHELLS;

ASTRONOMY; DEFECTS; ERRORS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SCATTERING; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TELESCOPES; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 80355149023     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.895321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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