Silicon pore optics developments and status

Marcos Bavdaz; Eric Wille; Kotska Wallace; Brian Shortt; Maximilien Collon; Marcelo Ackermann; Mark Olde Riekerink; Jeroen Haneveld; Coen Van Baren; Markus Erhard; Finn Erland Christensen; Michael Krumrey; Vadim Burwitz

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Silicon pore optics developments and status

Marcos Bavdaz, Eric Wille, Kotska Wallace, Brian Shortt, Maximilien Collon, Marcelo Ackermann, Mark Olde Riekerink, Jeroen Haneveld, Coen Van Baren, Markus Erhard, Finn Erland Christensen, Michael Krumrey, Vadim Burwitz

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Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) is a lightweight high performance X-ray optics technology being developed in Europe, driven by applications in observatory class high energy astrophysics missions. An example of such application is the former ESA science mission candidate ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics), which uses the SPO technology for its two telescopes, in order to provide an effective area exceeding 1 m2 at 1 keV, and 0.5 m2 at 6 keV, featuring an angular resolution of 10" or better [1 to 24]. This paper reports on the development activities led by ESA, and the status of the SPO technology. The technology development programme has succeeded in maturing the SPO further and achieving important milestones, in each of the main activity streams: environmental compatibility, industrial production and optical performance. In order to accurately characterise the increasing performance of this innovative optical technology, the associated X-ray test facilities and beam-lines have been refined and upgraded. © 2012 SPIE.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8443
Pages (from-to)	844329
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0277-786X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926111
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012 - Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012 Conference number: 8443

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Conference	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012
Number	8443
Location	Amsterdam RAI Convention Center
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	01/07/2012 → 06/07/2012

Keywords

Astrophysics
Gamma rays
Optical telescopes
Optics
Silicon
Space telescopes
X rays

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