Mounting for fabrication, metrology, and assembly of full-shell grazing-incidence optics

Jacqueline M. Roche; Mikhail V. Gubarev; W. Scott Smith; Stephen L. O’Dell; Jeffery J Kolodziejczak; Martin C. Weisskopf; Brian D. Ramsey; Ronald F. Elsner

doi:10.1117/12.2057046

25 July 2014 Mounting for fabrication, metrology, and assembly of full-shell grazing-incidence optics

Jacqueline M. Roche, Mikhail V. Gubarev, W. Scott Smith, Stephen L. O’Dell, Jeffery J Kolodziejczak, Martin C. Weisskopf, Brian D. Ramsey, Ronald F. Elsner

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 914443 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057046
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

Future x-ray telescopes will likely require lightweight mirrors to attain the large collecting areas needed to accomplish the science objectives. Understanding and demonstrating processes now is critical to achieving sub-arcsecond performance in the future. Consequently, designs not only of the mirrors but of fixtures for supporting them during fabrication, metrology, handling, assembly, and testing must be adequately modeled and verified. To this end, MSFC is using finite-element modeling to study the effects of mounting on thin, full-shell grazing-incidence mirrors, during all processes leading to flight mirror assemblies. Here we report initial results of this study.

Citation Download Citation

Jacqueline M. Roche, Mikhail V. Gubarev, W. Scott Smith, Stephen L. O’Dell, Jeffery J Kolodziejczak, Martin C. Weisskopf, Brian D. Ramsey, and Ronald F. Elsner "Mounting for fabrication, metrology, and assembly of full-shell grazing-incidence optics", Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 914443 (25 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057046

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available