Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 10, Issue 10, 103401(2012)

Optimization of geometrical design of nested conical Wolter-I X-ray telescope

Baozhong Mu, Hongying Liu, Huijun Jin, Xiajun Yang, Fangfang Wang, Wenbin Li, Hong Chen, and Zhanshan Wang

Optical design of nested conical Wolter I X-ray telescope covering energy band from 1 to 30 keV is investigated systematically. Recurrence relation of the nested structure is deduced, and the impact of the initial parameters on the performance is analyzed. Due to the need for hard X-ray astronomical observations in China, the initial structure is presented, for which six groups ofW/B4C aperiodic multilayer coatings between the innermost and the outermost shell of the mirror are designed. The effective area, resolution, and field of view are calculated in the simulation. The results show that the effective area can achieve 71 cm2 and the field of view can achieve 13′ at 30 keV. The resolution is estimated to be ~10" in half-power diameter.

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Baozhong Mu, Hongying Liu, Huijun Jin, Xiajun Yang, Fangfang Wang, Wenbin Li, Hong Chen, Zhanshan Wang. Optimization of geometrical design of nested conical Wolter-I X-ray telescope[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10(10): 103401

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Category: X-ray Optics

Received: Feb. 8, 2012

Accepted: Apr. 13, 2012

Published Online: Aug. 3, 2012

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DOI:10.3788/col201210.103401

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