scholarly journals Development of contamination-free x-ray optics for next-generation light sources

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruhiko Ohashi ◽  
Yasunori Senba ◽  
Hirokatsu Yumoto ◽  
Takahisa Koyama ◽  
Takanori Miura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Sources ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Ray Optics ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals Next generation astronomical x-ray optics: high angular resolution, light weight, and low production cost

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Zhang ◽  
M. P. Biskach ◽  
P. N. Blake ◽  
K.-W. Chan ◽  
J. A. Gaskin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Production Cost ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Ray Optics ◽  
X Ray

European x-ray optics for next generation space observatories

2015 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Wille ◽  
Marcos Bavdaz
Keyword(s):  
Next Generation ◽  
Ray Optics ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Space Observatories

scholarly journals Roles of X-ray optics in the next generation X-ray source

2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (a1) ◽  
pp. c20-c20
Author(s):  
M. Yabashi ◽  
K. Tamasaku ◽  
Y. Tanaka ◽  
T. Hara ◽  
T. Tanaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Generation X ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Ray Optics ◽  
X Ray

Mirror Integration Process for High Precision, Lightweight X-Ray Optics

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Biskach ◽  
Timo Saha ◽  
William Zhang ◽  
James Mazzarella ◽  
Ryan McClelland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Generation X ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
Normal Incidence ◽  
Polished Surface ◽  
Fixed Cost ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Ray Optics ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Nasa Goddard Space

Next generation X-ray telescopes in the coming decades require optics with high angular resolution and large collecting area at a fixed cost and budget. X-ray optics, unlike traditional normal incidence optics in optical and infrared telescopes, require many times the polished surface area to obtain an equivalent collecting area due to the nature of glancing incidence optics necessary to reflect higher energy X-ray photons. The Next Generation X-ray Optics (NGXO) group at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is developing a manufacturing process capable of producing sub 5 arc-second half-power diameter (HPD) angular resolution optics in the near term, with the long term goal of producing optics for an X-ray telescope in the next 10 years with sub 1 arc-second HPD angular resolution. By parallelizing the production, integration, and testing of X-ray mirrors in separate modules, thousands of precisely formed X-ray mirror segments are assembled into one Mirror Assembly (MA), lowering the cost per collecting area by orders of magnitude compared to previous X-ray telescopes with similar resolution like the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Novel uses of kinematic mounts, precision actuators, and epoxy fixes each X-ray mirror segment to the submicron level with the sufficient strength to survive rocket launch.

scholarly journals Next-generation X-ray Optics for High Resolution Applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (S2) ◽  
pp. 304-305
Author(s):  
Wenbing Yun ◽  
Mark Cordier ◽  
Benjamin Stripe ◽  
Sylvia Lewis ◽  
Janos Kirz
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Ray Optics ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals Next generation x-ray optics for astronomy: high resolution, lightweight, and low cost

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. Zhang ◽  
Kim D. Allgood ◽  
Michael P. Biskach ◽  
Kai-Wing Chan ◽  
Michal Hlinka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Ray Optics ◽  
X Ray
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