Novel methods for shaping thin-foil optics for x-ray astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4496, Issue , 2002, Pages 62-72

  Heilmann, Ralf K ^a   Monnelly, Glen P ^a   Mongrard, Olivier ^a   Butler, Nat ^a   Chen, Carl G ^a   Cohen, Lester M ^b   Cook, Christopher C ^c   Goldman, Lee M ^d   Konkola, Paul T ^a   McGuirk, Mike ^a   Ricker, George R ^a   Schattenburg, Mark L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c Axsun Technologies   (United States)

^d RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constellation X; Low stress coating; Pin chuck; Slumping; Thermal shaping; Thin foil x ray optics; X ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COATINGS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LITHOGRAPHY; MIRRORS; REFLECTION; TELESCOPES;

FOIL MIRRORS; METALLIC COATINGS; REFLECTION GRATINGS; THIN FOIL OPTICS; X RAY ASTRONOMY; X RAY REFLECTIVITY;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 0013403661     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454373     Document Type: Article

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