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Roles of Thin Film Stress in Making Extremely Lightweight X-Ray OpticsX-ray optics typically must be coated with one of the noble metals, gold, platinum, or iridium, to enhance their photon collection area. In general, iridium is preferred to the other two because it generates the highest X-ray reflectivity in the I to 10 keV band. Unfortunately, iridium films typically have also the highest stress that can severely degrade the optical figure of the mirror substrate, resulting in a poorer image quality. In this paper we will report our work in understanding this stress and our method to counterbalance it. In particular we will also report on potential ways of using this stress to improve the substrate's optical figure, turning a bug into a desirable feature. This work is done in the context of developing an enabling technology for the International X-ray Observatory which is a collaborative mission of NASA, ESA, and JAXA, and expected to be launched into an L2 orbit in 2021.
Document ID
20100025428
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Zhang, William W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2010
Subject Category
Optics
Meeting Information
Meeting: 7th International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications
Location: Shanghai
Country: China
Start Date: September 26, 2010
End Date: September 29, 2010
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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