Lynx X-ray observatory: an overview

JA Gaskin, DA Swartz, A Vikhlinin… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
Lynx, one of the four strategic mission concepts under study for the 2020 Astrophysics
Decadal Survey, provides leaps in capability over previous and planned x-ray missions and …

Compensating film stress in thin silicon substrates using ion implantation

BD Chalifoux, Y Yao, KB Woller, RK Heilmann… - Optics …, 2019‏ - opg.optica.org
Future space telescopes, especially X-ray telescopes, will require thin mirrors to achieve
high optical throughput. Thin mirrors are more difficult to fabricate than thick mirrors, but …

Ultrafast laser stress figuring for accurate deformation of thin mirrors

BD Chalifoux, KA Laverty, IJ Arnold - Optics Express, 2022‏ - opg.optica.org
Fabricating freeform mirrors relies on accurate optical figuring processes capable of
arbitrarily modifying low-spatial frequency height without creating higher-spatial frequency …

Thermal oxide patterning method for compensating coating stress in silicon substrates

Y Yao, BD Chalifoux, RK Heilmann… - Optics …, 2019‏ - opg.optica.org
We introduce a novel method for correcting distortion in thin silicon substrates caused by
coating stress. Thin substrates, such as lightweight mirrors for x-ray or optical imaging, and …

Design and fabrication of prototype piezoelectric adjustable X-ray mirrors

J Walker, T Liu, M Tendulkar, DN Burrows… - Optics express, 2018‏ - opg.optica.org
Lynx, a next generation X-ray observatory concept currently under study, requires
lightweight, high spatial resolution X-ray mirrors. Here we detail the development and …

Simulations of film stress effects on mirror segments for the Lynx X-ray Observatory concept

BD Chalifoux, Y Yao, RK Heilmann… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Lynx X-ray Observatory concept, under study for the 2020 NASA Decadal Survey, will
require a telescope with∼ 2 m2 of effective area and a point-spread function (PSF) with∼ …

Progress of coating stress compensation of silicon mirrors for Lynx x-ray telescope mission concept using thermal oxide patterning method

Y Yao, BD Chalifoux, RK Heilmann… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
A thermal oxide patterning method has proven to be effective for correcting coating-stress-
induced distortion on flat silicon wafers. We report progress on develo** this method for …

Analysis of stresses and shape changes in thin substrates with stressed film patterning using femtosecond laser micromachining

HE Zuo, RK Heilmann, ML Schattenburg - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The accurate, high-throughput fabrication of light weight optical systems for applications like
next-generation space telescopes and semiconductor wafers is both crucial and …

Thin-film PZT actuator performance in adjustable X-ray optic segments

K Buffo, C DeRoo, P Reid, V Kradinov… - Optics for EUV, X …, 2023‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
Many current outstanding questions in x-ray astronomy were addressed by Lynx, an
observatory concept that concluded its study phase in 2019. High-effective area, high …

Femtosecond laser micromachining for stress-based figure correction of thin mirrors

H Zuo, R Heilmann, M Schattenburg - Optica, 2022‏ - opg.optica.org
The fabrication of a large number of high-resolution thin-shell mirrors for future space
telescopes remains challenging, especially for revolutionary mission concepts such as …