Repeatable and accurate assembly of X-ray foil optics
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Repeatable and accurate assembly of thin, foil optics is crucial to meeting performance goals in optical systems such as grazing-incidence X-ray telescopes and diffractive lithography tools. Our previous work in proving key technologies for assembly has been motivated by the need to meet spectral resolution goals for the NASA Constellation-X mission. We report a new generation of technology that makes strides towards simulating actual telescope assembly conditions. Our technology is based on the use of micromachined silicon tooling that we call microcombs. Theoretical error budgeting and analytical models were applied to a mechanical design with an isolated metrology frame and h c a a ©
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