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View article: The development of the mirror for the Athena X-ray mission
The development of the mirror for the Athena X-ray mission Open
Athena is the European Space Agency's next flagship x-ray telescope, scheduled for launch in the 2030s. Its 2.5-m diameter mirror will be segmented and comprise more than 600 individual Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) grazing-incidence-angle ima…
View article: X-ray mirror development and production for the Athena telescope
X-ray mirror development and production for the Athena telescope Open
Athena will be the largest space-based x-ray telescope to be flown by the European Space Agency: its large 2.6 m diameter lens will use a revolutionary new modular technology, Silicon Pore Optics (SPO). The lens will consist of several hun…
View article: Status of the silicon pore optics technology
Status of the silicon pore optics technology Open
Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) uses commercially available monocrystalline double-sided super-polished silicon wafers as a basis to produce mirrors that form lightweight and stiff high-resolution x-ray optics. The technology has been invented b…
View article: Development and manufacturing of SPO X-ray mirrors
Development and manufacturing of SPO X-ray mirrors Open
The Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology has been established as a new type of X-ray optics enabling future X-ray observatories such as ATHENA. SPO is being developed at cosine together with the European Space Agency (ESA) and academic as …