Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 19, 1926002(2023)

Analysis of Diffraction Effects in Visible Wavelength Tests for Wolter-I X-Ray Telescope

Ke Yu1, Fengqi Li1、*, Yanji Yang2, Zijian Zhao2, Bing Lu2, Jiawei Zhang2, Yong Chen2、**, and Kaiji Wu3
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  • 1School of Science, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, Liaoning , China
  • 2Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang , China
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    The Einstein probe is a mission for time-domain astronomy. The follow-up X-ray telescope is a scientific payload on the EP. FXT is equipped with a nested gold-plated nickel Wolter-I X-ray telescope, which has an advantage in terms of angular resolution, a critical performance parameter for the Wolter-I X-ray telescope. The Wolter-I X-ray focusing mirror contributes the most angular resolution of the telescope. The angular resolution is typically represented in terms of the half-power diameter. Because its optical path is the same as X-rays, visible light can be used to measure the angular resolution performance of focusing mirrors instead of X-rays. However, this also results in the effect of visible light diffraction. This work evaluates the diffraction effects in a visible light test and derives an equation for determining the diffraction distribution of an annular aperture with a very high obstruction ratio based on the Fraunhofer diffraction theory. The angular resolution is measured as 32.02"±0.44" in the visible light test using the 18th EP-FXT mirror shell under a 473 nm parallel laser, and the contribution of the visible light diffraction is calculated to be 20.15". The value for the mirror shell is 24.90"±1.61". Compared to the 100 m vacuum X-ray calibration facility measurements of 25.10"±1.55" at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, these results are consistent within the margin of error.

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    Ke Yu, Fengqi Li, Yanji Yang, Zijian Zhao, Bing Lu, Jiawei Zhang, Yong Chen, Kaiji Wu. Analysis of Diffraction Effects in Visible Wavelength Tests for Wolter-I X-Ray Telescope[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(19): 1926002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Sep. 2, 2022

    Accepted: Oct. 13, 2022

    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2023

    The Author Email: Li Fengqi (lfq19640710@163.com), Chen Yong (ychen@ihep.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP222444

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