Manufacturing and testing a thin glass mirror shell with piezoelectric active control
Date Issued
2015
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Di Bella, M.
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Lullo, G.
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Pelliciari, C.
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Sciortino, L.
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Abstract
Optics for future X-ray telescopes will be characterized by very large aperture and focal length, and will be made of lightweight materials like glass or silicon in order to keep the total mass within acceptable limits. Optical modules based on thin slumped glass foils are being developed at various institutes, aiming at improving the angular resolution to a few arcsec HEW. Thin mirrors are prone to deform, so they require a careful integration to avoid deformations and even correct forming errors. On the other hand, this offers the opportunity to actively correct the residual deformation: a viable possibility to improve the mirror figure is the application of piezoelectric actuators onto the non-optical side of the mirrors, and several groups are already at work on this approach. The concept we are developing consists of actively integrating thin glass foils with piezoelectric patches, fed by voltages driven by the feedback provided by X-rays. The actuators are commercial components, while the tension signals are carried by a printed circuit obtained by photolithography, and the driving electronic is a multi-channel low power consumption voltage supply developed inhouse. Finally, the shape detection and the consequent voltage signal to be provided to the piezoelectric array are determined in X-rays, in intra-focal setup at the XACT facility at INAF/OAPA. In this work, we describe the manufacturing steps to obtain a first active mirror prototype and the very first test performed in X-rays.
Coverage
Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII
All editors
O'Dell, Stephen L.; Pareschi, Giovanni
Series
Volume
9603
Start page
96031N
Conferenece
SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015
Conferenece place
San Diego, CA, USA
Conferenece date
9-13 August, 2015
Issn Identifier
0277-786X
Ads BibCode
2015SPIE.9603E..1NS
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open.access
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