Calibration system for space x-ray astronomical telescopes

Yufeng Shi; Xiaolin Song; Shuang Gao; Shukun Sun; Wencong Wang; Juan Song; Huijun Hu; Sipei Shao

doi:10.1117/12.2546251

18 December 2019 Calibration system for space x-ray astronomical telescopes

Yufeng Shi, Xiaolin Song, Shuang Gao, Shukun Sun, Wencong Wang, Juan Song, Huijun Hu, Sipei Shao

Proceedings Volume 11341, AOPC 2019: Space Optics, Telescopes, and Instrumentation; 113411F (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546251
Event: Applied Optics and Photonics China (AOPC2019), 2019, Beijing, China

Abstract

A new system has been developed for efficient calibration of modern space soft x-ray astronomical telescopes, in particular the x-ray detectors with energy and time resolution. The system provides a large-area (about 1000 cm² ), highly parallel (±1mrad/24mm), timely and spatially uniform (±5%) beam of x-ray beam. Other special features include a multianode (15 anodes and 17 filters) x-ray source and a narrower pulse (width ≤10 ns) x-ray source. There is a six-axes vacuum turntable that can be used in a wide range with high precision (0.1mm and 0.01°). In this paper, the composition, function and performance of this calibration system will be described in detail.

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Yufeng Shi, Xiaolin Song, Shuang Gao, Shukun Sun, Wencong Wang, Juan Song, Huijun Hu, and Sipei Shao "Calibration system for space x-ray astronomical telescopes", Proc. SPIE 11341, AOPC 2019: Space Optics, Telescopes, and Instrumentation, 113411F (18 December 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546251

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