Abstract
Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) has been established as a new type of x-ray optics that enables future x-ray observatories such as Athena. SPO is being developed at cosine with the European Space Agency (ESA) and academic and industrial partners. The optics modules are lightweight, yet stiff, high-resolution x-ray optics, that shall allow missions to reach an unprecedentedly large effective area of several square meters, operating in the 0.2 - 12 keV band with an angular resolution better than 5 arc seconds. In this paper we are going to discuss the latest generation production facilities and we are going to present results of the production of mirror modules for a focal length of 12 m, including x-ray test results.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray |
Editors | Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Shouleh Nikzad, Kazuhiro Nakazawa |
Number of pages | 11 |
Volume | 10699 |
Publisher | SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering |
Publication date | 2018 |
Article number | 106990Y |
ISBN (Print) | 9781510619517 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Austin, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2018 → 15 Jun 2018 |
Conference
Conference | SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray |
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Country | United States |
City | Austin |
Period | 10/06/2018 → 15/06/2018 |
Sponsor | 4D Technology Corporation, Andor Technology, Ltd., Astronomical Consultants and Equipment, Inc., Giant Magellan Telescope, SPIE |
Keywords
- ATHENA
- pore optics
- silicon
- SPO
- stack
- wafer
- X-ray astronomy
- X-ray optics
- X-ray telescopes