Light weight optics made by glass thermal forming for future X-ray telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Winter, Anita ^a   Vongehr, Monika ^a   Friedrich, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glass slumping; KOVAR; Lightweight mirrors; Segmented glass; X ray optics; X ray telescope

Indexed keywords

GLASS SLUMPING; KOVAR; LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS; SEGMENTED GLASS; X RAY TELESCOPE;

GLASS; INSTRUMENTS; LIGHT; MIRRORS; MOLDS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SILICA; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957885577     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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