Thermal shaping of thin glass substrates for segmented grazing incidence active optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7803, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Proserpio, L ^a,b   Civitani, Marta ^a,b   Ghigo, Mauro ^a   Pareschi, Giovanni ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

active X ray optics; adjustable X ray mirror segments; grazing incidence mirrors; piezoelectric actuators; slumping technology; thin mirror shells; X ray Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE X; GRAZING INCIDENCE; SLUMPING TECHNOLOGY; THIN MIRRORS; X RAY MIRRORS; X RAY TELESCOPE;

GLASS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SUBSTRATES; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 78549270401     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.863880     Document Type: Conference Paper

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