Industrialization of the mirror plate coatings for the ATHENA mission

S. Massahi; F. E. Christensen; D. D. M. Ferreira; B. Shortt; M. Collon; J. Sforzini; B. Landgraf; F. Hinze; S. Aulhorn; R. Biedermann

doi:10.1117/12.2274783

29 August 2017 Industrialization of the mirror plate coatings for the ATHENA mission

S. Massahi, F. E. Christensen, D. D. M. Ferreira, B. Shortt, M. Collon, J. Sforzini, B. Landgraf, F. Hinze, S. Aulhorn, R. Biedermann

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Proceedings Volume 10399, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VIII; 103991W (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274783
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2017, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the frame of the development of the Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (Athena) mission, currently in phase A, ESA is continuing to mature the optics technology and the associated mass production techniques. These efforts are driven by the programmatic and technical requirement of reaching TRL 6 prior to proposing the mission for formal adoption (planned for 2020). A critical part of the current phase A preparation activities is addressing the industrialization of the Silicon Pore Optics mirror plates coating. This include the transfer of the well-established coating processes and techniques, performed at DTU Space, to an industrial scale facility suitable for coating the more than 100,000 mirror plates required for Athena. In this paper, we explain the considerations for the planned coating facility including, requirement specification, equipment and supplier selection, preparing the coating facility for the deposition equipment, designing and fabrication.

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S. Massahi, F. E. Christensen, D. D. M. Ferreira, B. Shortt, M. Collon, J. Sforzini, B. Landgraf, F. Hinze, S. Aulhorn, and R. Biedermann "Industrialization of the mirror plate coatings for the ATHENA mission", Proc. SPIE 10399, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VIII, 103991W (29 August 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274783

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