Silicon pore optics development for ATHENA

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9603, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Collon, Maximilien J ^a   Vacanti, Giuseppe ^b   Günther, Ramses ^b   Yanson, Alex ^b   Barrière, Nicolas ^b   Landgraf, Boris ^b   Vervest, Mark ^b   Chatbi, Abdelhakim ^b   Beijersbergen, Marco W ^a   Bavdaz, Marcos ^c   Wille, Eric ^c   Haneveld, Jeroen ^d   Koelewijn, Arenda ^d   Leenstra, Anne ^d   Wijnperle, Maurice ^d   Van Baren, Coen ^e   Müller, Peter ^f   Krumrey, Michael ^f   Burwitz, Vadim ^g   Pareschi, Giovanni ^h   Conconi, Paolo ^h   Christensen, Finn E ⁱ   more..

^a Cosine Research BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Cosine Science and Computing BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d Micronit Microfluidics   (Netherlands)

^e SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^g MPI F Extraterrestrische Physik   (Germany)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ATHENA; pore optics; silicon; SPO; stack; wafer; X ray astronomy; X ray optics; X ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY OPTICS;

ATHENA; PORE OPTICS; SPO; STACK; WAFER; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 84951772282     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2188988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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