Progress on indirect glass slumping for future x-ray telescope optics

Anita Winter; Elias Breunig; Peter Friedrich; Laura Proserpio

doi:10.1117/12.2056877

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25 July 2014 Progress on indirect glass slumping for future x-ray telescope optics

Anita Winter, Elias Breunig, Peter Friedrich, Laura Proserpio

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Proceedings Volume 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 91441C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056877
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

Large X-ray telescopes for future observations need to combine a big collecting area with good angular resolution. Due to the mass limits of the launching rocket, light-weight materials are needed in order to enhance the collecting area in future telescopes. We study the development of mirror segments made from thin glass sheets which are shaped by thermal slumping. At MPE we follow the indirect approach which enables us the production of the parabolic and hyperbolic part of the Wolter type I mirrors in one piece. In our recent research we have used a test mould made of CeSiC™ for slumping processes in our lab furnace as well as in a heatable vacuum chamber, to avoid oxidation and air enclosure. Additional slumping tests in the vacuum furnace have been carried out using a Kovar mould and are compared with results under air. We describe the experimental set-up, the slumping process and the metrology methods and give an outlook on future activities.

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Anita Winter, Elias Breunig, Peter Friedrich, and Laura Proserpio "Progress on indirect glass slumping for future x-ray telescope optics", Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 91441C (25 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056877

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