Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for future new hard X-ray missions: A status report

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7437, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Borghi, G ^a   Vernani, D ^a   Boscolo, E Marchi ^a   Citterio, O ^a   Grisoni, G ^a   Kools, J ^a   Marioni, F ^a   Orlandi, A ^a   Ritucci, A ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Salmaso, G ^a   Valsecchi, G ^a   Basso, S ^b   Pareschi, G ^b   Spiga, D ^b   Tagliaferri, G ^b   Negri, B ^c  

^a Media Lario Technologies   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

E forming; Integration; Mandrel; Metrology; Multilayer; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES; COATED OPTICS; DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY; E-FORMING; ELECTROFORMING REPLICATION; GOLD-COATED; HARD X RAY; HARD X-RAY OPTICS; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; KEYPOINTS; MANDREL; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; METROLOGY; MIRROR SHELLS; MODULE INTEGRATION; MULTI-LAYER-COATING; MULTI-STEP; OPTICAL BENCH; PRODUCTION PHASE; SURFACE FINISHING; ULTRA-THIN; WAVEBANDS; XMM-NEWTON;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; COATINGS; COBALT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROFORMING; ELECTROMETALLURGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; METAL REFINING; MIRRORS; MULTILAYERS; NICKEL ALLOYS; OBSERVATORIES; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 70449372245     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.828191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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