Superpolishing and precision metrology on a metal mandrel and replicated segments for Constellation-X

David A. Content; Timo T. Saha; Robert Petre; James J. Lyons III; Geraldine A. Wright; John J. Zaniewski; Kai-Wing Chan

doi:10.1117/12.363647

29 September 1999 Superpolishing and precision metrology on a metal mandrel and replicated segments for Constellation-X

David A. Content, Timo T. Saha, Robert Petre, James J. Lyons III, Geraldine A. Wright, John J. Zaniewski, Kai-Wing Chan

Proceedings Volume 3766, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions II; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363647
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

We have superpolished a diamond-turned aluminum mandrel to an axial roughness of 0.34 nm rms. The mandrel is made to the Astro-E secondary mirror design for the 81st shell. Precision metrology at 100 mm to submicron scales has established the power spectral density of the mandrel and ultralightweight gold coated replicated segments. Predicted image quality of a set of optimally aligned replicated segments of this and a matching primary is substantially improved as compared to the flight mirrors for Astro-E. This approach using metal mandrels, superpolishing, and replicated ultralightweight foil mirrors, may represent a cost-effective approach to meeting the 15 arcsec half-energy width and weight requirements for the Constellation-X mission. Descriptions of the polishing apparatus, the precision metrology instruments, and the surface data analysis are presented. The general methods describe dare applicable to precision optics for both normal incidence and grazing incidence optics.

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David A. Content, Timo T. Saha, Robert Petre, James J. Lyons III, Geraldine A. Wright, John J. Zaniewski, and Kai-Wing Chan "Superpolishing and precision metrology on a metal mandrel and replicated segments for Constellation-X", Proc. SPIE 3766, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions II, (29 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363647

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