High-resolution micro-pore X-ray optics produced with micro-channel plate technology

被引：3

作者：

Beijersbergen, MW ^{[1
]}

Bavdaz, M ^{[1
]}

Peacock, A ^{[1
]}

Tomaselli, E ^{[1
]}

Fairbend, R ^{[1
]}

Boutot, JP ^{[1
]}

Flyckt, SO ^{[1
]}

Brunton, A ^{[1
]}

Price, G ^{[1
]}

Fraser, G ^{[1
]}

Herrmann, C ^{[1
]}

Krumrey, M ^{[1
]}

Ziegler, E ^{[1
]}

Freunde, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] European Space Agcy, Estec, Dept Space Sci, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands

来源：

ADVANCES IN X-RAY OPTICS | 2001年 / 4145卷

关键词：

X-ray optics; micro-channel plates; micro-pore optics; X-ray astrophysics; X-ray telescopes;

D O I：

10.1117/12.411636

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

Using the technology that has been developed over many years for the fabrication of glass micro-channel plates, a prototype micro-pore optic has been produced that is a very light and compact implementation of a Wolter-I optic for X-ray imaging. With this prototype true Wolter-I imaging has been observed for the first time in a micro-pore optic. Individual fibers in the plates are found to be quite good, with a surface roughness permitting application at medium X-ray energies. The image quality and effective area is however seriously reduced by random tilt errors of multifibers in the plates. If this limitation can be overcome, this technology would allow very light and compact X-ray telescopes to be built. A design is presented that already provides a considerable effective area for soft X-rays using the properties of the surfaces obtained in this program.

引用

页码：188 / 192

页数：5

共 3 条

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Beijersbergen, M
Bavdaz, M
Peacock, A
Tomaselli, E
Fraser, G
Brunton, A
Flyckt, E
Krumrey, M
Souvorov, A
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[2] BEIJERSBERGEN MW, 2000, P SPIE, V4012
[3] A study of 8.5 μm microchannel plate X-ray optics
Brunton, AN
Martin, AP
Fraser, GW
Feller, WB
[J]. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1999, 431 (1-2) : 356 - 365

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