Diamond-turned lacquer-coated soft x-ray telescope mirrors

John A. Nousek; Gordon P. Garmire; Richard J. Pipetti; D. N. Burrows; K. S.K. Lum

doi:10.1364/AO.27.001430

Diamond-turned lacquer-coated soft x-ray telescope mirrors

John A. Nousek, Gordon P. Garmire, Richard J. Pipetti, D. N. Burrows, K. S.K. Lum

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X-ray astronomy has reached sufficient maturity to demand at least moderate angular resolution lightgathering telescopes to accompany detector development. Keeping the cost of such telescopes within the budget of low-cost flight opportunities such as sounding rockets and SPARTAN missions is a substantial challenge. We have developed a program of precision diamond mirror turning, mechanical polishing, lacquer coating, and metal deposition which produces x-ray telescopes with minute of arc angular resolution at moderate cost. We describe the process and report calibration results for a 80 cm (31.4 in.) diam Wolter I telescope flown aboard an Aries sounding rocket.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1430-1432
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied optics
Volume	27
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.27.001430
State	Published - Apr 15 1988

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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