What is it about?
Silicon Pore Optics are the technology selected to make lightweight X-ray optics with approx. 3 m diam. with high effective area and high angular resolution. To understand how these optical components work, we have performed several simulations using physical and geometric optics. You will find a detailed description of the methods used along with numerical and analytical methods.
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Why is it important?
This paper can help you to understand Silicon Pore optics in many aspects: from design to performance simulations, from diffraction through the multipore array to angular resolution predictions, and even a simulation of a magnetic diverter to reject the soft proton background.
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This page is a summary of: Optical simulations for design, alignment, and performance prediction of silicon pore optics for the ATHENA x-ray telescope (Conference Presentation), September 2017, SPIE,
DOI: 10.1117/12.2274905.
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