Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  1. X-ray verification of an optically aligned off-plane reflection grating module. B. D. Donovan, R. L. McEntaffer, J. H. Tutt, C. T. DeRoo, R. Allured, J. A. Gaskin, J. K. Kolodziejczak. Applied Optics, 57(3) (2018).
  2. Line Spread Functions of Blazed Off-Plane Gratings Operated in the Littrow Mounting. C. T. DeRoo, R. L. McEntaffer, D. M. Miles, T. Peterson, H. Marlowe, J. H. Tutt, B. D. Donovan, B. Menz, V. Burwitz, G. Hartner, R. Allured, R. K. Smith, R. Günther, A. Yanson, G. Vacanti, M. Ackermann.  Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 2(2), 025001 (2016).
  3. Performance Testing of an Off-Plane Reflection Grating and Silicon Pore Optic Spectrograph at PANTER. H. Marlowe, R. L. McEntaffer, R. Allured, C. T. DeRoo, B. D. Donovan, D. M. Miles, J. H. Tutt, V. Burwitz, B. Menz, G. D. Hartner, R. K. Smith, P. Cheimets, E. Hertz, J. A. Bookbinder, R. Günther, A. Yanson, G. Vacanti, M. Ackermann. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 1(4), 045004 (2015).

Conference Proceedings

  1. Coarse Alignment of Thin-Shell, Segmented Mirrors for Wolter-I Telescopes. B. D. Donovan, E. Hertz, V. Marquez, S. McMuldroch, P. B. Reid, R. Allured. Proc. SPIE 9603, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII (2015).
  2. X-ray and Optical Alignment Approaches for Off-plane Reflection Gratings. R. Allured, B. D. Donovan, V. Burwitz, P. N. Cheimets, C. T. DeRoo, G. Hartner, E. Hertz, H. R. Marlowe, R. L. McEntaffer, B. Menz, R. K. Smith, J. H. Tutt. Proc. SPIE 9603, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII (2015).
  3. Performance Testing of a Novel Off-Plane Reflection Grating and Silicon Pore Optic Spectrograph at PANTER. H. Marlowe, R. L. McEntaffer, R. Allured, C. DeRoo, D. M. Miles, B. D. Donovan, J. H. Tutt, V. Burwitz, B. Menz, G. D. Hartner, R. K. Smith, R. Günther, A. Yanson, G. Vacanti, M. Ackermann. Proc. SPIE 9510, EUV and X-ray Optics: Synergy between Laborary and Space IV, 95100O (2015).
  4. Alignment Tolerances for Off-Plane Reflection Grating Spectroscopy: Theoretical Calculations and Laboratory Techniques. R. Allured, B. D. Donovan, R. L. McEntaffer. Proc. SPIE 8861, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VI, 88611C (2013).