Characterisation of X-ray mirrors based on chromium-iridium tri-layer coatings

Thorsten Döhring; Manfred Stollenwerk; Johannes Stadtmüller; Sebastian Zeising; Dennis Flachs; Veronika Stehlikova; Vadim Burwitz; Michael Krumrey; Vincenzo Cotroneo; Mariana Klementova

doi:10.1117/12.2592551

18 April 2021 Characterisation of X-ray mirrors based on chromium-iridium tri-layer coatings

Thorsten Döhring, Manfred Stollenwerk, Johannes Stadtmüller, Sebastian Zeising, Dennis Flachs, Veronika Stehlikova, Vadim Burwitz, Michael Krumrey, Vincenzo Cotroneo, Mariana Klementova

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Proceedings Volume 11776, EUV and X-ray Optics, Sources, and Instrumentation; 1177607 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2592551
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2021, Online Only

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Iridium-based layer systems are highly effective mirror coatings for space-born X-ray telescopes. During the recent years, Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences and its partners developed stress compensated chromium-iridium coatings for such astronomical applications, using chromium as an adhesive layer between iridium reflective layer and mirror substrate. However, there was room for improvement: To overcome the disturbing reflectivity reduction of the iridium absorption edge around 2 keV photon energy, thin overcoat layers of chromium are applied in addition now. This layer system has been analyzed by atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy images. Furthermore, the reflectivity of such innovative X-ray mirrors based on chromium-iridium tri-layer coatings was recently measured at PTB's four-crystal monochromator beamline at the synchrotron radiation facility BESSY II. The experimental results, obtained for photon energies between 1.9 keV and 11 keV at two grazing incidence angles (0.6 degree and 0.9 degree) and their comparison with corresponding simulations are presented in this contribution. When compared to simulations of pure iridium coatings, a significantly higher reflectivity was achieved especially in the soft X-ray regime between 2 keV and 4 keV. Such chromium-iridium tri-layer coatings have high potential to increase the effective area for X-ray telescopes in Lobster Eye Design, for Wolter-I type X-ray optics, and for silicon pore optics as considered for the ATHENA telescope of the European Space Agency.

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Thorsten Döhring, Manfred Stollenwerk, Johannes Stadtmüller, Sebastian Zeising, Dennis Flachs, Veronika Stehlikova, Vadim Burwitz, Michael Krumrey, Vincenzo Cotroneo, and Mariana Klementova "Characterisation of X-ray mirrors based on chromium-iridium tri-layer coatings", Proc. SPIE 11776, EUV and X-ray Optics, Sources, and Instrumentation, 1177607 (18 April 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2592551

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