X-ray optics - Wikipedia
X-ray optics is the branch of optics dealing with X-rays, rather than visible light. It deals with focusing and other ways of manipulating the X-ray beams for research techniques such as X …
NASA’s New Lightweight X-ray Mirrors Ready for Try-outs in Space
Jul 29, 2019 · Recent testing has shown that super-thin, lightweight X-ray mirrors made of a material commonly used to make computer chips can meet the stringent imaging requirements …
X-Ray Optics - NASA
Jul 24, 2012 · An X-ray mirror can be made of glass ceramics which is polished to give a very smooth surface (with root-mean-square surface roughness of a few Angstroms) and is coated …
How would an X-ray mirror work? - Physics Stack Exchange
Jul 27, 2014 · How they work is the initial fusion reaction releases high energy radiation, this is then reflected back into the reaction mass increasing the energy levels of the reaction mass …
Near-100% Bragg reflectivity of X-rays - Nature Photonics
Aug 21, 2011 · Perhaps one of the most exciting endeavours in physics today is the realization of fully coherent X-ray free-electron lasers (XFEL), and this calls for high-reflectivity X-ray mirrors …
Nano-precision metrology of X-ray mirrors with laser speckle …
Sep 22, 2021 · X-ray mirrors are widely used for synchrotron radiation, free-electron lasers, and astronomical telescopes. The short wavelength and grazing incidence impose strict limits on …
This document presents a roadmap for advancing the silicon meta-shell optics (SMO). It describes an overall strategy and key technical elements to be developed to meet the four-fold Lynx …
NASA’s Mirror-Making Whiz, William Zhang, Wins Goddard …
Oct 22, 2019 · The new mirror type is now baselined for use on the conceptual Lynx X-ray Observatory — one of four potential missions that scientists have vetted as worthy of …
Nov 2, 2021 · Objective of Next Generation X-ray Optics. Develop and Perfect an X-ray mirror technology that is far superior to those of Chandra and NuSTAR. Comparable PSF: 0.5” by …
NASA Advances First-Ever Silicon-Based X-ray Optic
Feb 7, 2017 · NASA scientist William Zhang has created and proven a technique for manufacturing lightweight, high-resolution X-ray mirrors using silicon — a material.
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