Author/Authors :
Price، نويسنده , , G.J. and Brunton، نويسنده , , A.N. and Beijersbergen، نويسنده , , M.W. and Fraser، نويسنده , , G.W. and Bavdaz، نويسنده , , M. and Boutot، نويسنده , , J.-P. and Fairbend، نويسنده , , R. and Flyckt، نويسنده , , S.-O. and Peacock، نويسنده , , David A. and Tomaselli، نويسنده , , E.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Square-pore microchannel plate (MCP) X-ray optics of the “lobster-eye” geometry have frequently been described in the literature. We have now investigated the use of a radial channel packing geometry which, in the context of an MCP pair slumped to the correct radii of curvature, can form a conic approximation to the Wolter Type I grazing incidence X-ray optic. Such an optic can provide a large effective area with very low mass and may be ideally suited for use in applications such as planetary imaging X-ray fluorescence.
sent here the results of X-ray illumination of the first such optic, fabricated by Photonis SAS, France.
