• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 60, Issue 19, 1926002 (2023)
Ke Yu1, Fengqi Li1、*, Yanji Yang2, Zijian Zhao2, Bing Lu2, Jiawei Zhang2, Yong Chen2、**, and Kaiji Wu3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, Liaoning , China
  • 2Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang , China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP222444 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ke Yu, Fengqi Li, Yanji Yang, Zijian Zhao, Bing Lu, Jiawei Zhang, Yong Chen, Kaiji Wu. Analysis of Diffraction Effects in Visible Wavelength Tests for Wolter-I X-Ray Telescope[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(19): 1926002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The Einstein probe is a mission for time-domain astronomy. The follow-up X-ray telescope is a scientific payload on the EP. FXT is equipped with a nested gold-plated nickel Wolter-I X-ray telescope, which has an advantage in terms of angular resolution, a critical performance parameter for the Wolter-I X-ray telescope. The Wolter-I X-ray focusing mirror contributes the most angular resolution of the telescope. The angular resolution is typically represented in terms of the half-power diameter. Because its optical path is the same as X-rays, visible light can be used to measure the angular resolution performance of focusing mirrors instead of X-rays. However, this also results in the effect of visible light diffraction. This work evaluates the diffraction effects in a visible light test and derives an equation for determining the diffraction distribution of an annular aperture with a very high obstruction ratio based on the Fraunhofer diffraction theory. The angular resolution is measured as 32.02"±0.44" in the visible light test using the 18th EP-FXT mirror shell under a 473 nm parallel laser, and the contribution of the visible light diffraction is calculated to be 20.15". The value for the mirror shell is 24.90"±1.61". Compared to the 100 m vacuum X-ray calibration facility measurements of 25.10"±1.55" at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, these results are consistent within the margin of error.
    Ke Yu, Fengqi Li, Yanji Yang, Zijian Zhao, Bing Lu, Jiawei Zhang, Yong Chen, Kaiji Wu. Analysis of Diffraction Effects in Visible Wavelength Tests for Wolter-I X-Ray Telescope[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(19): 1926002
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