PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | September 26, 2013
Proc. SPIE. 8861, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VI
KEYWORDS: Sensors, Photons, Crystals, X-rays, Germanium, Gallium arsenide, Collimators, Gamma radiation, Laser crystals, Prototyping
We will describe the LAUE project, supported by the Italian Space Agency, whose aim is to demonstrate the capability to build a focusing optics in the hard X-/soft gamma-ray domain (80{600 keV). To show the lens feasibility, the assembling of a Laue lens petal prototype with 20 m focal length is ongoing. Indeed, a feasibility study, within the LAUE project, has demonstrated that a Laue lens made of petals is feasible. Our goal is a lens in the 80-600 keV energy band. In addition to a detailed description of the new LARIX facility, in which the lens is being assembled, we will report the results of the project obtained so far.
