From x-ray telescopes to neutron focusing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8147, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gubarev, Mikhail V ^a   Khaykovich, Boris ^b   Ramsey, Brian ^a   Moncton, David ^b   Zavlin, Vyacheslav E ^c   Kilaru, Kiranmayee ^d   Romaine, Suzanne ^e   Rosati, Richard E ^e   Bruni, Ricardo ^e   Robertson, Lee ^f   Crow, Lowell ^f   Ambaye, Haile ^g   Lauter, Valeria ^g  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

grazing incidence optics; neutron microscope; neutron optics

Indexed keywords

COLD NEUTRON; CURRENT STATUS; ELECTROFORMED NICKEL; GRAZING INCIDENCE; GRAZING INCIDENCE OPTICS; MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; MULTI-LAYER-COATING; NEUTRON FOCUSING; NEUTRON IMAGING; NEUTRON OPTICS; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; REPLICATION PROCESS; REPLICATION TECHNIQUES; SMOOTH SURFACE; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

ASTRONOMY; FOCUSING; ISOTOPES; MIRRORS; NEUTRONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPACE FLIGHT; TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 80355149077     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.897325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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