TY - JOUR A1 - Stieglitz, Veronika A1 - Burwitz, Vadim A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Hudec, Rene A1 - Vitek, Stanislav T1 - Design and testing of a Kirkpatrick-Baez optics variation JF - EPJ Web of Conferences N2 - Beside Wolter I X-ray optics, which are used at most in currently operating X-ray space telescopes, there exist also other optical designs and their usability for space observations is still the matter of studies. This article covers preliminary testing results of an optical module which is based on a modified Kirkpatrick-Baez optics. This X-ray optics, consisting of four sub-modules, was assembled in Prague and tested at the PANTER test facility of MPE afterward. The sub-modules use different reflective coatings, in part developed by our research group, on complementary flat mirrors, which approximate the shape of a Kirkpatrick-Baez optical design. In this contribution we summarise the design of the optical modules, the details of applied coating layers, and the X-ray characterisation results at the PANTER test facility KW - Kirkpatrick-Baez optics KW - X-ray telescopes KW - Reflective coatings KW - Röntgenoptik KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2022 UR - https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2022/10/epjconf_eosam2022_03021/epjconf_eosam2022_03021.html U6 - https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226603021 VL - 266 (2022) SP - 1 EP - 2 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Zeising, Sebastian A1 - Stieglitz, Veronika A1 - Burwitz, Vadim A1 - Rukdee, Surangkhana A1 - Friedrich, Peter A1 - Jelinek, Martin A1 - Hudec, Rene T1 - Röntgenteleskop-Funktionstests durch Beobachtung astronomischer Objekte am sichtbaren Nachthimmel T2 - DGaO Proceedings N2 - Lobster-Eye-Röntgenteleskope nutzen reflektierende Planspiegel unter streifendem Einfall und zeichnen sich durch ein großes Beobachtungsfeld aus. Die Spiegel reflektieren auch sichtbare Strahlung hervorragend. Nach Röntgen-messungen im Labor wurden nun weitere Tests durchgeführt, um die Abbildungs-eigenschaften mit realen Objekten des sichtbaren Himmels zu untersuchen. KW - Röntgenstrahlung KW - Teleskop KW - Lobster-Eye KW - Iridium KW - Astronomie KW - Röntgenteleskop KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2022 UR - https://www.dgao-proceedings.de/download/123/123_a35.pdf SN - 1614-8436 VL - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 2 PB - DGaO ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Krieg, Janina A1 - Carre, Antoine A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Hartmann, Peter A1 - Hull, Tony A1 - Jedamzik, Ralf A1 - Westerhoff, Thomas T1 - The past decade of ZERODUR® glass-ceramics in space applications T2 - Proceedings of SPIE N2 - For the past four decades, ZERODUR® glass ceramics has flown on many satellites including the prominent space missions METEOSAT, Hubble Space Telescope, CHANDRA, and LISA pathfinder. Firstly, this unique material is chosen as mirror substrate for high precision optics due to its extreme thermal stability. Its near-zero thermal expansion over a wide temperature range of several tens of Kelvin is homogenous within the entire volume. This enables control of the ZERODUR®’s surface profile at the 10-picometer level. SCHOTT has conducted comprehensive material characteristics studies on the mechanical properties and the radiation environment effects experienced in realistic orbits to define the suitability of ZERODUR® to survive both high loads during launch and to support long-term missions, respectively. Besides these advantageous material properties, this glass-ceramics can be extremely light-weighted by precision grinding enabled by the new SCHOTT competence center for machining and metrology. In this paper, we will continue to trace the recent developments of ZERODUR® glass ceramics as space material in the context of selected missions flown since 2009 and those anticipated. Major milestones such as the LISA pathfinder mission are discussed. Furthermore, we outline the viable use of ZERODUR® for great observatory architectures for IR/O/UV spaceborne telescopes. The objective of this paper is to supplement an earlier review of the use of ZERODUR® for space applications in the past decade and to summarize the latest progress and results of material studies toward very efficient production capabilities for high-performance light-weighted mirror substrates. KW - mirror KW - space KW - glass ceramics KW - low thermal expansion KW - satellite KW - Spiegelteleskop KW - Zerodur KW - Glaskeramik Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628956 VL - 2022 IS - 12180 SP - 121805N-1 EP - 121805N-15 PB - SPIE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Rödling, Claudius A1 - Kimmel, Kevin A1 - Zeising, Sebastian A1 - Stadtmüller, Johannes A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Verma, Shruti A1 - Rees, Paul T1 - Optical characterization of reflective coatings for astronomical telescope mirrors T2 - DGaO Proceedings N2 - Aluminium evaporation is still the standard solution for reflective coatings of large astronomical mirrors. Silver and gold are also used in specific cases depending on the targeted wavelength. This study characterized different metallic coatings - including unusual ones like sputtered iridium - to identify the most suitable mirror coating for the spectral range from ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths. KW - Iridium KW - mirror KW - coating KW - reflectivity KW - telescope KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.dgao-proceedings.de/download/122/122_p4.pdf SN - 1614-8436 VL - 2021 IS - 122 SP - 1 EP - 1 PB - DGaO ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Stieglitz, Veronika A1 - Burwitz, Vadim A1 - Hartner, Gisela A1 - Müller, Thomas A1 - Schmidt, Thomas A1 - Rukdee, Surangkhana A1 - Friedrich, Peter A1 - Sahin, Fatih A1 - Hudec, Rene T1 - Charakterisierung von Weitwinkel-Röntgenteleskopen in der Testanlage PANTER T2 - DGaO Proceedings N2 - Im Rahmen einer bayerisch-tschechischen Kooperation entstanden zwei Röntgenteleskope, bestückt mit Gold- und Iridium-beschichteten Planspiegeln. Deren Charakterisierung erfolgte an der Röntgentestanlage PANTER, welche parallel auf die Teleskope einfallendes Sternenlicht simuliert. Die Teleskope haben eine Winkelauflösung von ca. 4 Bogenminuten und eine Brennweite von rund 2 Metern. KW - Röntgenstrahlung KW - Teleskop KW - Iridium KW - Beschichtung KW - Astronomie KW - Röntgenteleskop KW - Iridium KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.dgao-proceedings.de/download/122/122_p2.pdf SN - 1614-8436 VL - 2021 IS - 122 SP - 1 EP - 2 PB - DGaO ER - TY - GEN A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Rödling, Claudius A1 - Kimmel, Kevin A1 - Zeising, Sebastian A1 - Stadtmüller, Johannes A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Verma, Shruti A1 - Rees, Paul T1 - Optical characterization of reflective coatings for astronomical telescope mirrors T2 - DGaO Jahrestagung N2 - With ground based optical telescopes astronomers observe celestial objects over a wide spectral range. As usually three or even more reflections at telescope mirrors are involved, good reflection properties of the mirror coatings are important. The aluminum evaporation technique has been - and is still - the standard solution for the reflective coatings of large astronomical mirrors. Such coatings have excellent reflectivity in the ultraviolet and in the visible, but perform poorly in the infrared. Silver is the metal having highest reflectivity for wavelengths longward of 400 nm, but isn´t the best choice for reflectivity in the ultraviolet and for blue light. To avoid degradation by oxidation, durable silver coatings need to be protected by transmitting overcoating layers. In the presented study, different metallic coatings – including unusual ones like sputtered iridium - are characterized to identify a coating that is most suitable for the spectral range from ultraviolet to infrared. Experimental results are compared to simulations based on the complex refractive indices of these materials. Thereby dependence of incidence angle and polarization is also considered. N2 - Poster KW - mirror KW - coating KW - iridium KW - astronomy KW - telescope KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2021 UR - https://dgao.de/jahrestagung/ VL - 2021 SP - 1 EP - 1 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Stieglitz, Veronika A1 - Burwitz, Vadim A1 - Hartner, Gisela A1 - Müller, Thomas A1 - Schmidt, Thomas A1 - Rukdee, Surangkhana A1 - Friedrich, Peter A1 - Sahin, Fatih A1 - HUdec, Rene T1 - Charakterisierung von Weitwinkel-Röntgenteleskopen in der Testanlage PANTER T2 - DGaO Jahrestagung N2 - Im Rahmen einer bayerisch-tschechischen Kooperation entstanden zwei mechanisch baugleiche Röntgenteleskope, bestückt mit Gold- und Iridium-beschichteten Planspiegeln. Die Charakterisierung der nach dem ägyptischen Gott HORUS benannten Teleskope erfolgte an der Röntgentestanlage PANTER des Max-Plack-Instituts für extraterrestrische Physik. Diese Vakuum-Testanlage simuliert parallel auf die Teleskope einfallendes Sternenlicht, wobei hier die Strahlung aus einer Röntgenquelle in 120 Metern Abstand stammt. Die Messungen selbst fanden in einer daran angebauten 12 Meter langen Testkammer von 3,5 Metern Durchmesser statt. Im März 2021 sahen die HORUS-Teleskope zum erstem Mal Röntgenlicht. Während der Testkampagne von ca. 54 Stunden Dauer wurden 536 Einzelmessungen an den beiden Teleskopen durchgeführt, bei denen Photonenenergien und Einfallswinkel variiert wurden. Von einer empfindlichen CCD-Kamera, einem Prototyp der eROSITA-Satellitenkamera, wurden hierbei insgesamt 11.153.574 Röntgenphotonen individuell detektiert, analysiert und digital verarbeitet. Die beiden Weitwinkel-Röntgenteleskope haben eine Winkelauflösung von circa 4 Bogenminuten und eine Brennweite von rund zwei Metern. N2 - Poster KW - Röntgenstrahlung KW - Spiegel KW - Teleskop KW - Satellit KW - Iridium KW - Röntgenstrahlung KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2021 UR - https://dgao.de/jahrestagung/ VL - 2021 SP - 1 EP - 1 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Stadtmüller, Johannes A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Cotroneo, Vincenzo A1 - Pareschi, Giovanni A1 - Gibertini, Eugenio A1 - Magagnin, Luca T1 - Low-density coatings for enhanced X-ray reflectivity of astronomical telescope mirrors T2 - DGaO Jahrestagung N2 - X-ray telescopes usually operate in space and are quite different from astronomical telescopes for visible light. For normal angles of incidence, optical light is reflected on the mirror surface, whereas X-rays are either transmitted or absorbed. However, also high reflectivity X-rays mirrors are possible, when the incident rays direction is almost parallel to the mirror surface. Such grazing incidence mirrors are usually coated with thin layers of precious metals like iridium, gold or platinum, as this result in high X-ray reflectivity. These noble metals offer a wide range of reflection up to high photon energies, but, due to a series of absorption edges, have low reflectivity in the 2 - 4 keV band and below. This contribution presents the development of innovative material combinations based on thin layers of iridium and chromium, followed by an additional layer of carbon-based materials. We also discuss corresponding production methods (like dip coating) for enhanced reflectivity mirror coatings of future X-ray telescopes. N2 - Poster KW - X-ray KW - mirror KW - coating KW - iridium KW - satellite KW - Röntgenstrahlung KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2021 UR - https://dgao.de/jahrestagung/ VL - 2021 SP - 1 EP - 1 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Döhring, Thorsten T1 - Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies for Space Applications T2 - Proceedings of International Research Days N2 - The goal of this project is to develop satellite components for space-based astronomical satellite payloads. Thereby advanced materials like iridium and innovative manufacturing technologies will be applied. After environmental testing and space qualifications tests it is planned to do an astronomical experiment with a stratospheric balloon or a sounding rocket. The work is embedded in ACCASI („Aschaffenburg Competence Center for Astronomical and Space Instumentation“) N2 - Poster KW - satellite KW - iridium KW - telescope KW - mirror KW - Satellitentechnik KW - Iridium KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2021 VL - 2021 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Gösling, Lukas A1 - Pribulla, Theodor A1 - Komzik, Richard T1 - Segmentierte Infrarotfilter für das Ø1.3m Teleskop im slowakischen Tatra-Gebirge T2 - DGaO-Proceedings N2 - Im bayerisch-slowakischen Kooperationsprojekt SLOBATCO werden neuartige astronomische Filter entwickelt, welche auf die atmosphärischen Transmissionsfenster im NIR Spektralbereich ausgelegt sind. Um ein aufwendiges Filterrad für die bei tiefen Temperaturen betriebene CCD-Kamera zu vermeiden, werden die Beobachtungen über eine segmentierte Filterkombination realisiert. KW - Filter KW - Teleskop KW - Astronomie KW - Infrarot KW - Infrarot-Spektrum KW - Filter KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.dgao-proceedings.de/download/120/120_p35.pdf SN - 1614-8436 VL - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 2 PB - DGaO ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Pribulla, Theodor A1 - Komzik, Richard A1 - Mann, Michael A1 - Sivanic, Peter A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred T1 - Slovak-Bavarian collaboration on the development of telescope instrumentation JF - Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso N2 - Within the project SLOBATCO (Slovak-Bavarian Telescope Collaboration) the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences collaborate in the development and commissioning of scientific instrumentation for the new Ø1.3 m astronomical telescope at the Skalnaté Pleso observatory. The joint project is funded by the Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST). Planned technical work packages are targeting the filter wheel software for the VIS camera, additional IR filters, and an upgrade of the mirror coating facility by additional sputtering equipment. KW - telescope KW - instrumentation KW - filter KW - camera KW - coating KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.ta3.sk/caosp/Eedition/FullTexts/vol49no2/pp154-158.pdf VL - 2019 IS - 49 / 2 SP - 154 EP - 158 ER -