Generalized Wolter type I design for the solar x-ray imager (SXI)

James E. Harvey; Patrick L. Thompson

doi:10.1117/12.363634

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29 September 1999 Generalized Wolter type I design for the solar x-ray imager (SXI)

James E. Harvey, Patrick L. Thompson

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Proceedings Volume 3766, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions II; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363634
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The off-axis aberrations of the classical Wolter Type 1 X- ray telescope consisting of a confocal paraboloid and hyperboloid severely limit the useful angular field that can be imaged onto a flat detector. A family of alternative designs based on two hyperboloids has been developed that improves the wide-field imaging performance by aberration balancing. A particular member of this family, designated as H-T number 17, has been selected for use in the SXI instrument. The development of the SXI optical prescription and its defining parameters are first presented, then detailed otpical performance predictions are compared to those of the SXI baseline design.

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James E. Harvey and Patrick L. Thompson "Generalized Wolter type I design for the solar x-ray imager (SXI)", Proc. SPIE 3766, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions II, (29 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363634

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