Square capillary x-ray optics

Andrew G. Peele; Brendan E. Allman; Alberto Cimmino; Andrei Yurievich Nikulin; Keith A. Nugent; Stanley Mrowka; Stephen M. Lane; James E. Trebes; Richard R. Strack; Walter P. Siegmund; Stephen W. Wilkins

doi:10.1117/12.193142

11 November 1994 Square capillary x-ray optics

Andrew G. Peele, Brendan E. Allman, Alberto Cimmino, Andrei Yurievich Nikulin, Keith A. Nugent, Stanley Mrowka, Stephen M. Lane, James E. Trebes, Richard R. Strack, Walter P. Siegmund, Stephen W. Wilkins

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Proceedings Volume 2279, Advances in Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV/FUV Optics; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.193142
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

X-ray focusing using square channel capillary arrays is reviewed. We review our theoretical understanding of these devices and go on to examine their potential in the context of x-ray astronomy as an approach to the construction of a lobster-eye telescope. We show that a reasonably small device has the potential, in principle, to improve the sensitivity of wide field of view x-ray telescopes by an order of magnitude. We go on to briefly review our experimental work and indicate that these devices are getting close to realizing their theoretical potential.

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Andrew G. Peele, Brendan E. Allman, Alberto Cimmino, Andrei Yurievich Nikulin, Keith A. Nugent, Stanley Mrowka, Stephen M. Lane, James E. Trebes, Richard R. Strack, Walter P. Siegmund, and Stephen W. Wilkins "Square capillary x-ray optics", Proc. SPIE 2279, Advances in Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV/FUV Optics, (11 November 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.193142

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