Peter L. Henriksen

TL;DR: In this paper, an industrial scale coating facility for the Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (ATHENA) mission has been successfully commissioned and tested, completing an important milestone in preparation of the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) production capability.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the latest development of Ir/SiC bilayer bilayer coatings optimized for ATHENA and the characterization of coating performance and stability, motivated by the need for a compatible top layer material to improve the telescope performance at low energies.

TL;DR: In this article, a literature study of the coating process parameter space and an overview of the thin film properties with a focus on micro roughness, chemical composition and wear resistance when deposited under various process conditions is presented.

TL;DR: An experimental examination of iridium and boron carbide thin-film coatings for the purpose of fabricating x-ray optics shows a correlation between the absorption edges and the emission lines exhibited by the thin films in an energy range from 50-800 eV and the impact on the reflectivity performance due to contamination in thin films.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present X-ray reflectometry characterization of iridium thin films deposited on photoresist patterned silicon pore Optics plates to investigate the compatibility with the stacking process steps for the manufacturing of the Athena optics.