Recent advance in segmented thin-foil X-ray optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4496, Issue , 2002, Pages 54-61

  Soong, Yang ^a   Chan, Kai Wing ^a   Serlemitsos, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

X ray astronomy; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASTRONOMY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MIRRORS; TELESCOPES;

GRAZING INCIDENCE X RAY OPTICS; REFLECTOR ALIGNMENT; X RAY ASTRONOMY;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 0036398175     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454372     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. "Characterization of the Advances Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics X-ray Telescope - Preflight Calibration and Ray-tracing", Tsusaka, Y., Suzuki, H., Yamashita, K., Serlemitsos, P.J., Jalota, L., Soong, Y., et. al, 1995, Appl. Optics, 34, 22, 4848
2. "The X-ray Telescope on Board ASCA", Serlemitsos, P.J., Jalota, L., Soong, Y., Kunieda, H., Tawara, Y., Tsusaka, Y., Suzuki, H., Sakima, Y., Yamazaki, T., Yoshiada, H., Furuzawa, A., Yamashita, K., Awaki, H, Itoh, M., Ogasaka, Y., Honda, H., and Uchibori, Y., 1995, PASJ, 47, 1, 105
3. "Conical Thin-Foil X-ray Mirror via Surface Replication", Soong, Y., Serlemitsos, P.J., and Chan, K.-W., 1995, SPIE, 2515, 64
4. "X-ray Telescope Onboard Astro-E: Optical Design and Fabrication of Thin Foil Mirrors", Kunieda, H., Ishida, M., Endo, T., Serlemitsos, P.J., Soong, Y., Chan, K.-W., et. al, 2001, Appl. Optics, 40, 4, 553
5. "The Next Generation X-ray Observatory", White, N.E., Petre, R., Boldt, E.A., Holt, S.S., Serlemitsos. P.J., Marshall, F.E., Stahl, C.K., Kelley, R., Arnaud, K., Szymkowiak, A.E., Mushotzky, R.F., Soong, Y., Gehrels, N.A., Parson, A., Jahoda, K., Swank, J.H., Kallman, T.R., Mukai, K., Drake, S., and George, I.M., 1995, SPIE, 2518, 59
6. "Foil X-ray Mirrors", Serlemitsos, P.J., and Soong Y., 1996, Astrophysics and Space Science, 239, 177
7. "X-Ray Telescopes", Aschenbach, B., 1985, Rep. Prog. Phys., 48, 579
8. "The Multilayer Option for Conical Foil X-ray Mirrors", Serlemitsos, P.J., Ogasaka, Y., Soong, Y., and Chan, K.-W., 1997, SPIE, 3113, 244
9. "Hard X-ray Imaging Observations: Science and Technology", Ogasaka, Y., Yamashita, K., Serlemitsos, P.J., Soong, Y., Chan, K.-W., Owens, S., et. al, 2000, Adv. Space Res., 25, 3, 911
10. "Supermirror Hard X-ray Telescope", Yamashita, K., Serlemitsos, P.J., Tueller, J., Soong, Y., Chan, K.-W., Owens, S., et. al, 1998, Appl. Optics, 37, 34, 8067
11. "Development of Balloon-borne Hard X-ray Telescopes Using Multilayer Supermirror", Tamura, K., Yamashita, K., Kunieda, H., Tawara, Y., Furuzawa, A., Haga, K., Lohda, G.S., Nakajo, N., Nakamura, N., Okajima, T., Tsuda, O., Serlemitsos, P.J., Tueller, J., Petre, R., Ogasaka, Y., Soong, Y., and Chan, K.-W., 1997, SPIE, 3113, 285