TY - GEN A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Proserpio, Laura A1 - Winter, Anita T1 - Transfer of astronomical mirror technologies – Project INTRAAST N2 - Poster KW - Optisches Glas KW - Raumfahrt Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Gong, Qingqing A1 - Proserpio, Laura A1 - Winter, Anita A1 - Friedrich, Peter T1 - The challenge of developing thin mirror shells for future X-ray telescopes T2 - Proceedings of SPIE N2 - Previously used mirror technologies are not able to fulfil the requirements of future X-ray telescopes due to challenging requests from the scientific community. Consequently new technical approaches for X-ray mirror production are under development. In Europe the technical baseline for the planned X-ray observatory ATHENA is the radical new approach of silicon pore optics. NASA´s recently launched NuSTAR mission uses segmented mirrors shells made from thin bended glasses, successfully demonstrating the feasibility of the glass forming technology for X-ray mirrors. For risk mitigation also in Europe the hot slumping of thin glasses is being developed as an alternative technology for lightweight X-ray telescopes. The high precision mirror manufacturing requires challenging technical developments; several design trades and trend-setting decisions need to be made and are discussed within this paper. Some new technical and economic aspects of the intended glass mirror serial production are also studied within the recently started interdisciplinary project INTRAAST, an acronym for “industry transfer of astronomical mirror technologies”. The goal of the project, embedded in a cooperation of the Max-Planck-Institute for extraterrestrial Physics and the University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg, is to master the challenge of producing thin mirror shells for future X-ray telescopes. As a first project task the development of low stress coatings for thin glass mirror substrates have been started, the corresponding technical approach and first results are presented. KW - x-ray KW - telescope KW - astronomy KW - glass KW - Astronomie KW - Fernrohr KW - Optisches Glas Y1 - 2015 VL - 2015 IS - 9628 SP - 962809-1 EP - 962809-8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Probst, Anne-Catherine A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Wen, Mingwu A1 - Proserpio, Laura ED - den Herder, Jan-Willem A. ED - Takahashi, Tadayuki ED - Bautz, Marshall T1 - Development of low-stress Iridium coatings for astronomical x-ray mirrors T2 - Proceedings of SPIE 9905, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray N2 - Previously used mirror technologies are not suitable for the challenging needs of future X-ray telescopes. This is why the required high precision mirror manufacturing triggers new technical developments around the world. Some aspects of X-ray mirrors production are studied within the interdisciplinary project INTRAAST, a German acronym for "industry transfer of astronomical mirror technologies". The project is embedded in a cooperation of Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences and the Max-Planck-Institute for extraterrestrial Physics. One important task is the development of low-stress Iridium coatings for X-ray mirrors based on slumped thin glass substrates. The surface figure of the glass substrates is measured before and after the coating process by optical methods. Correlating the surface shape deformation to the parameters of coating deposition, here especially to the Argon sputtering pressure, allows for an optimization of the process. The sputtering parameters also have an influence on the coating layer density and on the micro-roughness of the coatings, influencing their X-ray reflection properties. Unfortunately the optimum coating process parameters seem to be contrarious: low Argon pressure resulted in better micro-roughness and higher density, whereas higher pressure leads to lower coating stress. Therefore additional measures like intermediate coating layers and temperature treatment will be considered for further optimization. The technical approach for the low-stress Iridium coating development, the experimental equipment, and the obtained first experimental results are presented within this paper. KW - telescope KW - mirror KW - coating KW - iridium KW - astronomy KW - Röntgenspiegel KW - Iridium KW - Beschichtung Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232074 VL - 2016 IS - 9905 SP - 99056S-1 EP - 99056S-7 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Proserpio, Laura A1 - Breunig, Elias A1 - Friedrich, Peter T1 - The challenging development of lightweight glass mirrors for future X-ray telescopes T2 - DGaO Proceedings N2 - Previously used mirror technologies are not able to fulfill the challenging requirements of future X-ray telescopes. A promising new technology under development is the hot slumping of thin glasses. Challenges, design trades and first results are presented, including the thermal shaping process, the development of low stress coatings and the mirror segments integration concept. KW - astronomy KW - telescope KW - mirror KW - X-ray KW - glass KW - Röntgenteleskop KW - Röntgenspiegel Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?nbn:de:0287-2016-B018-0 SN - 1614-8436 VL - 2016 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik CY - Erlangen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Probst, Anne-Catherine A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Mingwu, Wen A1 - Proserpio, Laura ED - Cugny, Bruno ED - Karafolas, Nikos ED - Sodnik, Zoran T1 - Iridium coatings for space based x-ray optics T2 - Proceedings of SPIE N2 - Future investigations of astronomical X-ray sources require light weight telescope systems with large collecting areas and good angular resolution. The Wolter I type telescope design offers a suitable possibility for obtaining performant X-ray mirrors with high collecting areas. The technology based on replicated slumped glass optics using thin glasses thereby provides the opportunity to fulfil the light weight and mass production requirements. In NASA's telescope NuSTAR this technology has been proven as advantageous compared to previous systems. Coating thin glasses with iridium, gold or platinum enhances the reflectivity of X-ray mirrors. KW - Iridium KW - coating KW - X-ray KW - astronomy KW - mirror KW - Iridium KW - Spiegelteleskop KW - Röntgenastronomie Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296167 VL - 2017 IS - 10562 SP - 105621E-01 EP - 105621E-09 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Büttner, Andre A1 - Probst, Anne-Catherine A1 - Emmerich, Florian A1 - Damm, Christine A1 - Rellinghaus, Bernd A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred T1 - Influence of Sputtering Pressure on the Microstructure and Layer Properties of Iridium Thin Films JF - Thin Solid Films N2 - Iridium layers with low stress, high density, and low surface roughness find widespread use in different high-technology applications. This paper presents a study of the influence of the sputtering pressure on the properties of iridium thin films and of its effect on the substrate surface microstructure. We analysed the dependence of the microstructure, crystalline structure, electrical resistivity, and deposition rate on the sputtering pressure and surface defects of the substrate. For the latter, plasma etching of the substrate was performed for different processing times and its effect on the surface roughness of substrates and, subsequently, on the grown iridium films, was examined. The sputtering pressure and the substrate plasma etching time both had a strong influence on the microstructure and surface roughness. These microstructural changes are in good agreement with the tendency described in the Thornton Structure-Zone Model for different sputtering pressures and the microstructure phase map of Alvarez. The electrical resistivity, deposition rate, and crystalline structure were highly dependent on the sputtering pressure. KW - Iridium KW - microstructure KW - TEM KW - sputtering KW - thin films KW - Iridium KW - Dünne Schicht Y1 - 2018 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2018.06.056 SN - 0040-6090 VL - 2018 IS - 662 SP - 41 EP - 46 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Probst, Anne-Catherine A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Emmerich, Florian A1 - Stehlíková, Veronika A1 - Inneman, Adolf ED - Hudec, René ED - Pina, Ladislav T1 - Prototyping iridium coated mirrors for X-ray astronomy T2 - Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics N2 - X-ray astronomy uses space-based telescopes to overcome the disturbing absorption of the Earth´s atmosphere. The telescope mirrors are operating at grazing incidence angles and are coated with thin metal films of high-Z materials to get sufficient reflectivity for the high-energy radiation to be observed. In addition the optical payload needs to be light-weighted for launcher mass constrains. Within the project JEUMICO, an acronym for “Joint European Mirror Competence”, the Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences and the Czech Technical University in Prague started a collaboration to develop mirrors for X-ray telescopes. The X-ray telescopes currently developed within this Bavarian- Czech project are of Lobster eye type optical design. Corresponding mirror segments use substrates of flat silicon wafers which are coated with thin iridium films, as this material is promising high reflectivity in the X-ray range of interest. The deposition of the iridium films is based on a magnetron sputtering process. Sputtering with different parameters, especially by variation of the argon gas pressure, leads to iridium films with different properties. In addition to investigations of the uncoated mirror substrates the achieved surface roughness has been studied. Occasional delamination of the iridium films due to high stress levels is prevented by chromium sublayers. Thereby the sputtering parameters are optimized in the context of the expected reflectivity of the coated X-ray mirrors. In near future measurements of the assembled mirror modules optical performances are planned at an X-ray test facility. KW - X-ray KW - iridium KW - mirror KW - lightweight optic KW - Lobster Eye KW - Iridium KW - Röntgenastronomie KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2265931 VL - 2017 IS - 10235 SP - 1023504-1 EP - 1023504-8 PB - SPIE International Society for Optics and Photonics CY - Bellingham WA ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Probst, Anne-Catherine A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Zeising, Sebastian A1 - Salmaso, Bianca A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Proserpio, Laura T1 - Challenges in metrology of mirror segments for X-ray telescopes T2 - Proceedings of the 8th High Level Expert Meeting Asphere Metrology N2 - High angular resolution, large collecting area and reduced weight per unit area are required for astronomical X-ray telescopes of the next generation observatories. New technologies for processing X-ray mirrors are under development to fulfill these needs. One option is to realize a Wolter I type telescope constituted of several hundred nested thin and light-weight X-ray mirror segments. The individual mirror segments need to be coated with an about 100 nm thick film of a high-reflective material to enhance the reflectivity for X-rays. Thereby an accurate shape metrology of the segments is necessary to predict the angular resolution of the astronomical telescope as well as to control the development process of X-ray mirrors. We present the challenges in shape measurements of thin glasses used to control the coating process and first experimental results about the repeatability of the measurements. KW - metrology KW - mirror KW - telescope KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2017 UR - http://www.upob.de/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&download=198:8th-high-level-expert-meeting-2017-detailed-programme&id=21:upob-high-level-expert-meetings&Itemid=70 VL - 2017 IS - 8 PB - UTOB e.V. CY - Braunschweig ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Probst, Anne-Catherine A1 - Emmerich, Florian A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Stehlikova, Veronika A1 - Friedrich, Peter A1 - Damm, Christine T1 - Development of iridium coated X-ray mirrors for astronomical applications T2 - Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) N2 - Future space-based X-ray observatories need to be very lightweight for launcher mass constraints. Therefore they will use a reduced mirror thickness, which results in the additional requirement of low coating stress to avoid deformation of the initial precisely shaped mirror substrates. Due to their excellent reflection properties iridium coatings are sometimes applied for grazing incidence mirrors in astronomical X-ray telescopes. At Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences the coating of thin iridium films by an RF-magnetron sputtering technique is under development. The work is embedded in collaborations with the Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany, the Czech Technical University in Prague, the Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera in Italy, the German Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research in Dresden, and the French Institute Fresnel. Sputtering with different parameters leads to iridium films with different properties. The current work is focused on the microstructure of the iridium coatings to study the influence of the substrate and of the argon gas pressure on the thin film growing process. Correlations between coating density, surface micro-roughness, the crystalline structure of the iridium layers, and the expected reflectivity of the X-ray mirror as well as coating stress effects are presented and discussed. The final goal of the project is to integrate the produced prototype mirrors into an X-ray telescope module. On a longer timescale measurements of the mirror modules optical performance are planned at the X-ray test facility PANTER. KW - X-ray KW - telescope KW - mirror KW - iridium KW - coating KW - Iridium KW - Röntgenteleskop Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273988 VL - 2017 IS - 10399 SP - 103991C-1 EP - 103991C-8 PB - SPIE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Probst, Anne-Catherine A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred A1 - Emmerich, Florian A1 - Büttner, Andre A1 - Zeising, Sebastian A1 - Stadtmüller, Johannes A1 - Riethmüller, Franziska A1 - Stehlikova, Veronika A1 - Mingwu, Wen A1 - Proserpio, Laura A1 - Damm, Christine A1 - Rellinghaus, Bernd A1 - Döhring, Thorsten T1 - Influence of sputtering pressure on the nanostructure and the X-ray reflectivity of iridium coatings JF - Surface and Coatings Technology N2 - Reflective mirror coatings made of iridium are used in X-ray telescopes of the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) launched in 1999 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to investigate astronomical sources at photon energies below 10. keV. These coatings were produced in a DC magnetron sputtering process and have so far proven their suitability for space-based applications. We are considering in the present paper the processing of thin iridium films for lightweight telescopes using the radio frequency magnetron sputtering technique with an oblique angle deposition. The coating development presented here is focused on the influence of total sputtering pressure on film properties as well as on its impact on the mirror's performance. Characterisation methods such as X-ray diffractometry, X-ray reflectometry, atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy have been used. Correlations between morphology, density, surface micro-roughness, crystal structure of the iridium layer and the expected reflectivity of the X-ray mirror are described and discussed. KW - Iridium KW - sputtering KW - microstructure KW - coating KW - X-ray KW - Iridium KW - Röntgenteleskop Y1 - 2017 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.10.062 SN - 0257-8972 VL - 2017 IS - 343 SP - 101 EP - 107 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Probulla, Theodor A1 - Komzik, Richard A1 - Mann, Michael A1 - Sivanic, Peter A1 - Stollenwerk, Manfred ED - Hambalek, Lubomir T1 - Slovak-Bavarian collaboration on the development of telescope instrumentation 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 the new Ø1.3 m astronomical telescope and the corresponding scientific instrumentation. The project is funded by the Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST). Technical work packages are targeting filter wheel software for the VIS camera, additional IR filters, and an upgrade of the mirror coating facility by additional sputtering equipment. N2 - Poster KW - telescope KW - astronomy KW - instrumentation KW - Spiegelteleskop Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.ta3.sk/conferences/75AI2018/posters/AP06.pdf ER -