Mr. Peter M. Solly Profile

Peter M. Solly

Mechanical Engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr

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Publications (20)

Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Coating of thin, lightweight x-ray mirrors without distortion

Peter Solly, William Zhang, David Windt, Youwei Yao

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121814P (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629540

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Coating, Atomic layer deposition, Silicon, Iridium, Platinum, Ion beam finishing, X-ray optics, Distortion

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Paper

Design, analysis, and testing of x-ray mirror modules

Peter Solly, Michael Biskach, Kai-Wing Chan, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, William Zhang

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121814O (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629536

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Distortion, Epoxies, X-rays, Silicon, Finite element methods, X-ray optics, Space mirrors, Polishing, Analytical research

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Proceedings Article | 13 August 2021 Presentation

Alignment and integration plan for the off-plane grating rocket experiment

Benjamin Donovan, Randall McEntaffer, Bridget O'Meara, James Tutt, Fabien Grise, Kim Allgood, Michael Biskach, Kai-Wing Chan, Michal Hlinka, John Kearney, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Ai Numata, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, Peter Solly, William Zhang, Andrew Holland, Daniel Evan, Matthew Soman, Karen Holland

Proceedings Volume 11816, 1181609 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593357

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Structural analysis and testing of silicon x-ray mirror modules

Peter Solly, Michael Biskach, Joseph Bonafede, Kai-Wing Chan, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Timo Saha, William Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11119, 111190B (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530338

KEYWORDS: Silicon, X-rays, Structural analysis, Mirrors, Optics manufacturing, Optical fabrication, X-ray optics, X-ray astronomy, X-ray telescopes, Astronomical telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Paper

A comprehensive line spread function error budget for the Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment

Benjamin Donovan, Randall McEntaffer, James Tutt, Bridget O'Meara, Fabien Grisé, Kim Allgood, Michael Biskach, Kai-Wing Chan, Michal Hlinka, John Kearney, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Ai Numata, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, Peter Solly, William Zhang, Andrew Holland, Matthew Lewis, Matthew Soman, Karen Holland

Proceedings Volume 11119, 1111912 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530121

KEYWORDS: Diffraction gratings, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Polishing, Silicon, X-ray optics, Astronomy, X-ray astronomy, Spectral resolution, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Recent advances in the alignment of silicon mirrors for high-resolution x-ray optics

Kai-Wing Chan, James Mazzarella, Timo Saha, William Zhang, Michael Biskach, Ai Numata, Raul Riveros, Ryan McClelland, Peter Solly

Proceedings Volume 11119, 111190A (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528746

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Epoxies, Optical alignment, X-rays, Silicon, X-ray telescopes, Distortion, X-ray optics, Telescopes, Mirror mounts

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Paper

An updated optical design of the off-plane grating rocket experiment

Proceedings Volume 11119, 1111911 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528858

KEYWORDS: Rockets, Optical design, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Silicon, Astronomical imaging, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Mass manufacturing of high resolution and lightweight monocrystalline silicon x-ray mirror modules

Michael Biskach, Kim Allgood, Kai-Wing Chan, Michal Hlinka, John Kearney, Ai Numata, James Mazzarella, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, Peter Solly, William Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11119, 111190C (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530340

KEYWORDS: Optics manufacturing, X-ray optics, Silicon, Astronomy, X-rays, X-ray sources, Optical components, Space reconnaissance, Astronomical telescopes, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Next generation x-ray optics for astronomy: high resolution, lightweight, and low cost

William Zhang, Kim Allgood, Michael Biskach, Kai-Wing Chan, Michal Hlinka, John Kearney, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Ai Numata, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, Peter Solly

Proceedings Volume 11119, 1111907 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530284

KEYWORDS: X-ray optics, Astronomy, Optical fabrication, X-ray telescopes, Mirrors, Spatial resolution, Space telescopes, Telescopes, X-ray technology, Polishing

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2019 Presentation + Paper

The optomechanical design for the Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE)

Bridget O'Meara, Benjamin Donovan, James Tutt, Randall McEntaffer, Ted Schultz, Kim Allgood, Michael Biskach, Kai-Wing Chan, John Kearney, James Mazzarella, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, Michal Hlinka, Ai Numata, Peter Solly, William Zhang, Matthew Soman, Andrew Holland, Matthew Lewis, Karen Holland, Neil Murray

Proceedings Volume 11100, 1110006 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530202

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Rockets, Silicon, Optical design, Optical alignment, Interfaces, Epoxies, Assembly tolerances, Optomechanical design

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SPIE Journal Paper | 26 April 2019 Open Access

High-resolution, lightweight, and low-cost x-ray optics for the Lynx observatory

William Zhang, Kim Allgood, Michael Biskach, Kai-Wing Chan, Michal Hlinka, John Kearney, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Ai Numata, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, Peter Solly

JATIS, Vol. 5, Issue 02, 021012, (April 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.021012

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, X-ray optics, Silicon, Observatories, Spatial resolution, Coating, Polishing, Image segmentation, Epoxies

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Astronomical x-ray optics using mono-crystalline silicon: high resolution, light weight, and low cost

William Zhang, Kim Allgood, Michael Biskach, Kai-Wing Chan, Michal Hlinka, John Kearney, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Ai Numata, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, Peter Solly

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106990O (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312879

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, Silicon, X-ray optics, X-ray telescopes, X-ray astronomy, Spatial resolution, Astronomy, Space telescopes, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Alignment and bonding of silicon mirrors for high-resolution astronomical x-ray optics

Kai-Wing Chan, James Mazzarella, Timo Saha, William Zhang, Ryan McClelland, Michael Biskach, Peter Solly, Raul Riveros, Ai Numata

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069940 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312562

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, Silicon, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Optical alignment, Polishing, X-ray telescopes, X-ray optics

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Analysis of the NGXO telescope x-ray Hartmann data

Timo Saha, Kai-Wing Chan, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Peter Solly, William Zhang, Vadim Burwitz, Gisela Hartner, Marlis-Madeleine La Caria, Carlo Pelliciari

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069952 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312243

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, X-rays, X-ray telescopes, Data modeling, Sensors, Finite element methods, Space telescopes, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2017 Presentation + Paper

Lynx Mission concept status

Jessica Gaskin, Ryan Allured, Simon Bandler, Stefano Basso, Marshall Bautz, Michael Baysinger, Michael Biskach, Tyrone Boswell, Peter Capizzo, Kai-Wing Chan, Marta Civitani, Lester Cohen, Vincenzo Cotroneo, Jacqueline Davis, Casey DeRoo, Michael DiPirro, Alexandra Dominguez, Leo Fabisinski, Abraham Falcone, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Jay Garcia, Karen Gelmis, Ralf Heilmann, Randall Hopkins, Thomas Jackson, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Ralph Kraft, Tianning Liu, Ryan McClelland, Randy McEntaffer, Kevin McCarley, John Mulqueen, Feryal Özel, Giovanni Pareschi, Paul Reid, Raul Riveros, Mitchell Rodriguez, Justin Rowe, Timo Saha, Mark Schattenburg, Andrew Schnell, Daniel Schwartz, Peter Solly, Robert Suggs, Steven Sutherlin, Douglas Swartz, Susan Trolier-McKinstry, James Tutt, Alexey Vikhlinin, Julian Walker, Wonsik Yoon, William Zhang

Proceedings Volume 10397, 103970S (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273911

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Astrophysics, Galactic astronomy, Environmental sensing, Stars, Planetary systems, X-ray optics, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2017 Presentation + Paper

Monocrystalline silicon and the meta-shell approach to building x-ray astronomical optics

William Zhang, Kim Allgood, Michael Biskach, Kai-Wing Chan, Michal Hlinka, John Kearney, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Ai Numata, Lawrence Olsen, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, Peter Solly

Proceedings Volume 10399, 103990S (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2270861

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-ray optics, X-ray telescopes, Silicon, X-ray astronomy, X-rays, Spatial resolution, Segmented mirrors, Observatories, Telescopes

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Angular resolution and photon-collecting area are the two most important factors that determine the power of an X-ray astronomical telescope. The grazing incidence nature of X-ray optics means that even a modest photon-collecting area requires an extraordinarily large mirror area. This requirement for a large mirror area is compounded by the fact that X-ray telescopes must be launched into, and operated in, outer space, which means that the mirror must be both lightweight and thin. Meanwhile the production and integration cost of a large mirror area determines the economical feasibility of a telescope. In this paper we report on a technology development program whose objective is to meet this three-fold requirement of making astronomical X-ray optics: (1) angular resolution, (2) photon-collecting area, and (3) production cost. This technology is based on precision polishing of monocrystalline silicon for making a large number of mirror segments and on the metashell approach to integrate these mirror segments into a mirror assembly. The meta-shell approach takes advantage of the axial or rotational symmetry of an X-ray telescope to align and bond a large number of small, lightweight mirrors into a large mirror assembly. The most important features of this technology include: (1) potential to achieve the highest possible angular resolution dictated by optical design and diffraction; and (2) capable of implementing every conceivable optical design, such as Wolter-I, WolterSchwarzschild, as well as other variations to one or another aspect of a telescope. The simplicity and modular nature of the process makes it highly amenable to mass production, thereby making it possible to produce very large X-ray telescopes in a reasonable amount of time and at a reasonable cost. As of June 2017, the basic validity of this approach has been demonstrated by finite element analysis of its structural, thermal, and gravity release characteristics, and by the fabrication, alignment, bonding, and X-ray testing of mirror modules. Continued work in the coming years will raise the technical readiness of this technology for use by SMEX, MIDEX, Probe, as well as major flagship missions.

Proceedings Article | 27 October 2016 Paper

Toward large-area sub-arcsecond x-ray telescopes II

Stephen O'Dell, Ryan Allured, Andrew Ames, Michael Biskach, David Broadway, Ricardo Bruni, David Burrows, Jian Cao, Brandon Chalifoux, Kai-Wing Chan, Yip-Wah Chung, Vincenzo Cotroneo, Ronald Elsner, Jessica Gaskin, Mikhail Gubarev, Ralf Heilmann, Edward Hertz, Thomas Jackson, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Jeffrey Kolodziejczak, Ryan McClelland, Brian Ramsey, Paul Reid, Raul Riveros, Jacqueline Roche, Suzanne Romaine, Timo Saha, Mark Schattenburg, Daniel Schwartz, Eric Schwartz, Peter Solly, Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Melville Ulmer, Alexey Vikhlinin, Margeaux Wallace, Xiaoli Wang, David Windt, Youwei Yao, Shi Ye, William Zhang, Heng Zuo

Proceedings Volume 9965, 996507 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238247

KEYWORDS: X-ray telescopes, Mirrors, Coating, X-ray optics, Silicon, Ion implantation, X-rays, Thin films, Ions, Iridium

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

Design and analysis of an x-ray mirror assembly using the meta-shell approach

Ryan McClelland, Joseph Bonafede, Timo Saha, Peter Solly, William Zhang

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99057A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234464

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-ray optics, Silicon, Distortion, X-ray telescopes, Mirrors, X-ray optics, X-rays, Finite element methods, Mathematical modeling, Integrated optics, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

Lightweight and high-resolution single crystal silicon optics for x-ray astronomy

William Zhang, Michael Biskach, Kai-Wing Chan, James Mazzarella, Ryan McClelland, Raul Riveros, Timo Saha, Peter Solly

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99051S (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233070

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Diffraction gratings, Computed tomography, Diffraction, Spectral resolution, Silicon, Spectroscopy, Atomic layer deposition, Mirrors, Time division multiplexing

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Proceedings Article | 4 September 2015 Paper

Aligning, bonding, and testing mirrors for lightweight x-ray telescopes

Kai-Wing Chan, William Zhang, Timo Saha, Ryan McClelland, Michael Biskach, Jason Niemeyer, Mark Schofield, James Mazzarella, Linette Kolos, Melinda Hong, Ai Numata, Marton Sharpe, Peter Solly, Raul Riveros, Kim Allgood, Kevin McKeon

Proceedings Volume 9603, 96030Z (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187016

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Epoxies, Glasses, Silicon, Distortion, X-rays, Telescopes, Space telescopes, X-ray telescopes, Time division multiplexing

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