Light weight optics made by glass thermal forming for future x-ray telescopes

Anita Winter; Monika Vongehr; Peter Friedrich

doi:10.1117/12.857147

29 July 2010 Light weight optics made by glass thermal forming for future x-ray telescopes

Anita Winter, Monika Vongehr, Peter Friedrich

Proceedings Volume 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 77320B (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857147
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Future X-ray observatory missions, such as IXO or Gen-X, require grazing incidence optics of large collecting area in combination with a very good angular resolution. Wolter type I X-ray telescopes made of slumped glass segments could be a possible alternative to silicon pore optics. To achieve these requirements we develop slumping methods for high accuracy segments by experimental means. In particular, we follow the approach of indirect slumping and aim to produce parabola and hyperbola in one piece. In order to avoid internal stress in the glass segments the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass should closely match the thermal expansion of the mould material. Currently we focus on a combination of the alloy KOVAR for the mould and D263 for the glass; additionally a platinum-coated silica as mould material is studied. We investigate the behaviour of both materials during slumping in order to obtain the ideal environment for the slumping process. Additionally we report on the design of different metrology methods to measure the figure and thickness variations of the glass segments in visual light, e.g. interference, and on bearings used for shape measurements and integration.

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Anita Winter, Monika Vongehr, and Peter Friedrich "Light weight optics made by glass thermal forming for future x-ray telescopes", Proc. SPIE 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 77320B (29 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857147

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