Development of precision hard x-ray multilayer optics with sub-arcminute performance

Jason E. Koglin; Hubert C.M. Chen; Finn Erland Christensen; Jim Chonko; William W. Craig; Todd R. Decker; Mario A. Jimenez-Garate; Charles J. Hailey; Fiona A. Harrison; Carsten P. Jensen; Mike Sileo; David L. Windt; Haitao Yu

doi:10.1117/12.461488

11 March 2003 Development of precision hard x-ray multilayer optics with sub-arcminute performance

Jason E. Koglin, Hubert C.M. Chen, Finn Erland Christensen, Jim Chonko, William W. Craig, Todd R. Decker, Mario A. Jimenez-Garate, Charles J. Hailey, Fiona A. Harrison, Carsten P. Jensen, Mike Sileo, David L. Windt, Haitao Yu

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Proceedings Volume 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461488
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

A new generation of hard X-ray telescopes using focusing optics are poised to dramatically improve the sensitivity and angular resolution at energies above 10 keV to levels that were previously unachievable by the past generation of background-limited collimated and coded-aperture instruments. Active balloon programs (HEFT, InFocus), possible Explorer-class satellites, and major X-ray observatories (Constellation-X, XEUS) using focusing optics will play a major role in future observations of a wide range of objects including young supernova remnants, active galactic nuclei, and galaxy clusters. These instruments call for grazing incidence optics coated with depth-graded multilayer films to achieve large collecting areas. To accomplish the ultimate goals of the more advanced satellite missions such as Constellation-X, lightweight and low-cost substrates with angular resolution well below an arcminute must be developed. Recent experimental results will be presented on the development of improved substrates and precision mounting techniques that yield sub-arcminute performance.

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Jason E. Koglin, Hubert C.M. Chen, Finn Erland Christensen, Jim Chonko, William W. Craig, Todd R. Decker, Mario A. Jimenez-Garate, Charles J. Hailey, Fiona A. Harrison, Carsten P. Jensen, Mike Sileo, David L. Windt, and Haitao Yu "Development of precision hard x-ray multilayer optics with sub-arcminute performance", Proc. SPIE 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy, (11 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461488

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