Development of thermally formed glass optics for astronomical hard X-ray telescopes

Details Development of thermally formed glass optics for astronomical hard X-ray telescopes Development of thermally formed glass optics for astronomical hard X-ray telescopes

Aug 2000

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Optics Express, vol. 7, Issue 4, p.178

Physics

Optics

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The next major observational advance in hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray astrophysics will come with the implementation of telescopes capable of focusing 10-200 keV radiation. Focusing allows high signal-to-noise imaging and spectroscopic observations of many sources in this band for the first time. The recent development of depth-graded multilayer coatings has made the design of telescopes for this bandpass practical, however the ability to manufacture inexpensive substrates with appropriate surface quality and figure to achieve sub-arcminute performance has remained an elusive goal. In this paper, we report on new, thermally-formed glass micro-sheet optics capable of meeting the requirements of the next-generation of astronomical hard X-ray telescopes.

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