Platinum as a release layer for thermally formed optics for IXO

S. Romaine; R. Bruni; P. Gorenstein; S. Park; P. Reid; B. Ramsey; T. Kester

doi:10.1117/12.858109

29 July 2010 Platinum as a release layer for thermally formed optics for IXO

S. Romaine, R. Bruni, P. Gorenstein, S. Park, P. Reid, B. Ramsey, T. Kester

Proceedings Volume 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 77323T (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858109
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Platinum is being explored as an alternative to the sprayed boron nitride mandrel release coating under study at GSFC for the International X-ray Observatory (IXO). Two and three inch diameter, polished (PFS) and superpolished (SPFS) fused silica flat mandrels, were used for these tests. Pt was applied to the mandrels by DC magnetron sputtering. The substrate material was 400 micron thick D263 glass, the material which has been proposed for the IXO segmented optics. These substrates were placed on the mandrels and thermally cycled with the same thermal profile being used at GSFC in the development of the BN slumping for IXO. After the thermal cycle was complete, the D263 substrates were removed; new D263 substrates were placed on the mandrels and the process was repeated. Four thermal cycles have been completed to date. After initially coating the mandrels with Pt, no further conditioning was applied to the mandrels before or during the thermal cycles. The microroughness of the mandrels and of the D263 substrates was measured before and after thermal cycling. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and 8 keV X-ray reflectivity data are presented.

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S. Romaine, R. Bruni, P. Gorenstein, S. Park, P. Reid, B. Ramsey, and T. Kester "Platinum as a release layer for thermally formed optics for IXO", Proc. SPIE 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 77323T (29 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858109

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