Novel design of a large x-ray optical system for astrophysical application

L. Pina; R. Hudec; V. Tichy; A. Inneman; D. Cerna; J. Marsik; V. Marsikova; W. Cash; A. F. Shipley; B. R. Zeiger; T. D. Rogers; R. Melich

doi:10.1117/12.929591

15 October 2012 Novel design of a large x-ray optical system for astrophysical application

L. Pina, R. Hudec, V. Tichy, A. Inneman, D. Cerna, J. Marsik, V. Marsikova, W. Cash, A. F. Shipley, B. R. Zeiger, T. D. Rogers, R. Melich

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Proceedings Volume 8502, Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components VII; 85020D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.929591
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this work, we investigate a novel design of optical system for astrophysics. In addition, a new testing method in the X-ray laboratory was verified. The proposed optical system is composed of modules with Kirkpatrick-Baez configuration allowing usage of multi-foil mirrors arranged along a parabolic profile. This system effectively uses a circular aperture, which is divided into petals. Individual petals consist of diagonally oriented KB cells with a common focus. This optical system can be improved by a set of nested rotationally symmetric X-ray mirrors in order to achieve higher reflection efficiency in harder part of considered spectrum.

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L. Pina, R. Hudec, V. Tichy, A. Inneman, D. Cerna, J. Marsik, V. Marsikova, W. Cash, A. F. Shipley, B. R. Zeiger, T. D. Rogers, and R. Melich "Novel design of a large x-ray optical system for astrophysical application", Proc. SPIE 8502, Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components VII, 85020D (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.929591

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