Lobster-eye x-ray optics using microchannel plates

Philip E. Kaaret; Phillip Geissbuehler

doi:10.1117/12.51261

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1 January 1992 Lobster-eye x-ray optics using microchannel plates

Philip E. Kaaret, Phillip Geissbuehler

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Proceedings Volume 1546, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51261
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe a novel system for focusing X-rays based on the eye of a lobster and a method for fabricating such optics using microchannel plates which have pores with square cross sections. Lobster eye optics will enable us to construct X-ray telescopes capable of simultaneously viewing a large fraction of the sky, making possible a new class of X-ray astronomy survey and monitoring missions. We have tested the X-ray optical properties of one of the first available square pore MCP''s. We find that the angular resolution of the MCP lense is 5 arcminutes (FWHM). The resolution is limited by misalignment of the pore surfaces.

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Philip E. Kaaret and Phillip Geissbuehler "Lobster-eye x-ray optics using microchannel plates", Proc. SPIE 1546, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics, (1 January 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51261

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