Michal Hlinka

TL;DR: An approach to build an x-ray mirror assembly that can meet Lynx’s requirements of high-angular resolution, large effective area, light weight, short production schedule, and low-production cost is described.

TL;DR: In this article, an approach based on the precision polishing of mono-crystalline silicon to fabricate thin and lightweight X-ray mirrors of the highest figure quality and micro-roughness was proposed.

TL;DR: A technology development program whose objective is to meet this three-fold requirement of making astronomical X-ray optics: angular resolution, photon-collecting area, and production cost, based on precision polishing of monocrystalline silicon for making a large number of mirror segments and on the metashell approach to integrate them into a mirror assembly.

TL;DR: In this article, a process for producing high resolution and lightweight X-ray mirror segments at low cost and with high throughput was developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report an overview of the X-ray mirror manufacturing process and the most recent results, including traditional grinding, lapping, and polishing methods adapted to Xray mirror geometry.