A high resolution large x-ray mission based on thin glass: optomechanical design

A novel approach for the realization of thin glass substrates for optical mirrors

Accurate integration of segmented x-ray optics using interfacing ribs

Advancements in ion beam figuring of very thin glass plates

An innovative alt-alt telescope for small observatories and amateur astronomers

An integration machine for the assembly of the x-ray optic units based on thin slumped glass foils for the IXO mission

Beyond Chandra (towards the X-ray Surveyor mission): possible solutions for the implementation of very high angular resolution X-ray telescopes in the new millennium based on fused silica segments

Centroiding and point response function measurements of the mirror/detector combination for the x-ray telescope on the SWIFT gamma-ray burst explorer

Challenges in optics for Extremely Large Telescope instrumentation

Characterization of hydrogenated silicon carbide produced by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition at low temperature

scholarly article published 13 September 2007

Cold and Hot Slumped Glass Optics with interfacing ribs for high angular resolution x-ray telescopes

Cold shaping of thin glass foils: a fast and cost-effective solution for making light-weight astronomical x-ray optics

Design and advancement status of the Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility (BEaTriX)

Design and manufacturing of a compact two-mirror system for multispectral imaging applications

Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

article by Marcos Actis et al published 23 November 2011 in Experimental Astronomy

Design of the IXO optics based on thin glass plates connected by reinforcing ribs

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope: III

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Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope: IV

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Development of active/adaptive lightweight optics for the next generation of telescopes

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Development of grazing-incidence multilayer mirrors by direct Ni electroforming replication: a status report

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Development of high angular resolution x-ray telescopes based on slumped glass foils

Development of hot slumping technique and last optical performances obtained on a 500mm diameter slumped segment prototype for adaptive optics

Development of lightweight optical segments for adaptive optics

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Development of mirrors made of chemically tempered glass foils for future X-ray telescopes

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Direct hot slumping and accurate integration process to manufacture prototypal x-ray optical units made of glass

Direct hot slumping of thin glass foils for future generation x-ray telescopes: current state of the art and future outlooks

Evaluation of the surface strength of glass plates shaped by hot slumping process

Final correction by Ion Beam Figuring of thin shells for X-ray telescopes

Fused silica segments: a possible solution for x-ray telescopes with very high angular resolution like Lynx/XRS

Glass mirrors by cold slumping to cover 100 m2of the MAGIC II Cherenkov telescope reflecting surface

Hot slumping glass technology and integration process to manufacture a grazing incidence scaled prototype for the IXO telescope modules

Hot slumping glass technology for the grazing incidence optics of future missions with particular reference to IXO

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IXO glass mirrors development in Europe

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IXO x-ray mirrors based on slumped glass segments with reinforcing ribs: optical and mechanical design, image error budget, and optics unit integration process

Introducing the CTA concept

Investigation of a novel slumping technique for the manufacturing of stiff and lightweight optical mirrors

Ion beam figuring of thin glass plates: achievements and perspectives

Ion figuring of large prototype mirror segments for the E-ELT

Lightweight optical segment prototype for adaptive optics manufactured by hot slumping

Manufacturing and alignment tolerance analysis through Montecarlo approach for PLATO

Manufacturing of Wolter-I mirror segments with slumped glass

Manufacturing of lightweight glass segments for adaptive optics

Mirror development for CTA

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PLATO: a multiple telescope spacecraft for exo-planets hunting

article published in 2016

PLATO: detailed design of the telescope optical units

PLATO: the ESA mission for exo-planets discovery

article published in 2018

Production of the IXO glass segmented mirrors by hot slumping with pressure assistance: tests and results

Production of thin glass mirrors by hot slumping for x-ray telescopes: present process and ongoing development

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Profile reconstruction of grazing-incidence x-ray mirrors from intra-focal x-ray full imaging ⬇️

Progress in the realization of the beam expander testing x-ray facility (BEaTriX) for testing ATHENA's SPO modules

Radiation, Thermal Gradient and Weight: a threefold dilemma for PLATO

Slumped glass foils as substrate for adjustable x-ray optics

Slumped glass optics development with pressure assistance

Slumped glass optics for x-ray telescopes: advances in the hot slumping assisted by pressure

Slumped glass optics with interfacing ribs for high angular resolution x-ray astronomy: a progress report

scholarly article published 21 September 2015

Slumped glass option for making the XEUS mirrors: preliminary design and ongoing developments

Slumping technique for the manufacturing of a representative x-ray grazing incidence mirror module for future space missions

Speckle observations with PISCO in Merate - III. Astrometric measurements of visual binaries in 2005 and scale calibration with a grating mask

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Speckle observations with PISCO in Merate – V. Astrometric measurements of visual binaries in 2006

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Speckle observations with PISCO in Merate: IV. Astrometric measurements of visual binaries in 2005

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Techniques for the manufacturing of stiff and lightweight optical mirror panels based on slumping of glass sheets: concepts and results

The PLATO opto-mechanical unit prototyping and AIV phase

article published in 2010

The reflective surface of the MAGIC telescope

Thermal effects on PLATO point spread function

article published in 2016

Thin fused silica optics for a few arcsec angular resolution and large collecting area x-ray telescope

Thin fused silica shells for high-resolution and large collecting area x-ray telescopes (like Lynx/XRS)

X-ray mirror prototype based on cold shaping of thin glass foils

X-ray optical units made of glass: achievements and perspectives

X-ray optics developments at ESA