Ai Numata

High-resolution, lightweight, and low-cost x-ray optics for the Lynx observatory

William W. Zhang, Kim D. Allgood, Michael P. Biskach et al. · Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems · 2019 · 45 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science +17

Monocrystalline silicon and the meta-shell approach to building x-ray astronomical optics

Kim D. Allgood, Michael P. Biskach, Kai-Wing Chang et al. · 2017 · 31 citations

Natural Sciences, Astronomy, Physics +16

Performance of NICER flight x-ray concentrator

Takashi Okajima, Yang Soong, Erin Balsamo et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2016 · 29 citations

Natural Sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy +16

Astronomical x-ray optics using mono-crystalline silicon: high resolution, light weight, and low cost

William W. Zhang, Kim D. Allgood, Michael P. Biskach et al. · Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray · 2018 · 21 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Astronomy, Physics +16

Reflective coatings for the future x-ray mirror substrates

Hideyuki Mori, Takashi Okajima, William W. Zhang et al. · Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray · 2018 · 15 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +16