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Title: | Optical simulations for the laboratory-based expanded and collimated x-ray beam facility BEaTriX | Authors: | SPIGA, Daniele SALMASO, Bianca Bavdaz, Marcos Pelliciari, Carlo BASSO, Stefano Burwitz, Vadim Ferreira, Ivo GHIGO, Mauro GIRO, Enrico PARESCHI, Giovanni Sanchez del Rio, Manuel TAGLIAFERRI, Gianpiero VECCHI, Gabriele Wille, Eric |
Issue Date: | 2019 | Volume: | Advances in Laboratory-based X-Ray Sources, Optics, and Applications VII | Editors: | Murokh, Alex; Spiga, Daniele | Series: | PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE | Number: | 11110 | First Page: | 111100E | Abstract: | The construction of BEaTriX, the Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility, is underway at INAF-OAB (Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera). This laboratory-based X-ray source was designed to generate a broad (170 mm x 60 mm), uniform, and collimated X-ray beam, with a residual divergence of 1.5 arcsec HEW at either 1.49 keV and 4.51 keV. The main scientific driver for BEaTriX is represented by the opportunity to routinely calibrate the modular elements of the ATHENA (ESA) X-ray telescope, based on the silicon pore optics (SPO) technology. Nevertheless, the application domain of BEaTriX is potentially much wider (e.g., X-ray tomography). BEaTriX comprises a microfocus source of X-rays, followed by an optical chain including a collimating mirror, crystal monochromators, and an asymmetric beam expander. The final beam collimation and homogeneity relies on the optical quality of the optical components (X-ray source dimension, mirror polishing, crystal lattice regularity) and on their mutual alignment. In order to determine the most critical parameters, focus the development efforts, and establish specifications, a set of optical simulations has been built. Our paper describes the simulation tool we developed to this specific aim, and discusses the results achieved in terms of manufacturing and alignment tolerances. | Acknowledgments: | The development of the BEaTriX facility is funded by the ESA contract No. 4000123152/18/NL/BW, “Advanced and Compact X-ray Test facility for the ATHENA SPO module”, the AHEAD consortium activities financed by the EU Horizon 2020 grant No. 654215, and INAF internal funds. | Conference Name: | Advances in Laboratory-based X-Ray Sources, Optics, and Applications VII | Conference Place: | San Diego, California | Conference Date: | 11-15 August, 2019 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28793 | URL: | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11110/2530066/Optical-simulations-for-the-laboratory-based-expanded-and-collimated-x/10.1117/12.2530066.full | ISSN: | 0277-786X | ISBN: | 9781510629134 9781510629141 |
DOI: | 10.1117/12.2530066 | Fulltext: | open |
Appears in Collections: | 3.01 Contributi in Atti di convegno |
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