An alignment and integration scheme for the XEUS mirror plates

Richard Willingale

doi:10.1117/12.504747

29 January 2004 An alignment and integration scheme for the XEUS mirror plates

Richard Willingale

Proceedings Volume 5168, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504747
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper describes optical metrology and an alignment/integration sequence which has the potential to secure sub arc second accuracy for a single focus Wolter type I telescope like XEUS. The same basic principle could be used for any grazing incidence Wolter type I design in which the aperture is divided into sectors and the Wolter surfaces are manufactured as sector plates rather than continuous surfaces of revolution. If such a scheme could be implemented then the performance of XEUS would be limited by the quality of the mirror plates and the plate mounting rather than the integration and alignment procedure.

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Richard Willingale "An alignment and integration scheme for the XEUS mirror plates", Proc. SPIE 5168, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy, (29 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504747

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