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

Active shape correction of a thin glass/plastic x-ray mirror

Angular resolution measurements at SPring-8 of a hard x-ray optic for the New Hard X-ray Mission

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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

Building the BEaTriX facility for the ATHENA mirror modules X-ray testing

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)

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

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

Electrical connections and driving electronics for piezo-actuated x-ray thin glass optics

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

Functional tests of modular elements of segmented optics for x-ray telescopes via an expanded beam facility

article published in 2012

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

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

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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

LAMP: a micro-satellite based soft x-ray polarimeter for astrophysics ⬇️

Laboratory demonstration of the piezoelectric figure correction of a cylindrical slumped glass optic

Manufacturing an active X-ray mirror prototype in thin glass

scientific article published in January 2016

Manufacturing and testing a thin glass mirror shell with piezoelectric active control

Manufacturing and testing of the X-ray collimating mirror for the BEaTriX facility

Performance simulations for the ground-based, expanded-beam x-ray source BEaTriX

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

Realization and drive tests of active thin glass x-ray mirrors

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

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

Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for future new hard x-ray missions: a status report

Technologies for manufacturing of high angular resolution multilayer coated optics for the New Hard X-ray Mission

Testing multilayer-coated polarizing mirrors for the LAMP soft X-ray telescope

The optics system of the New Hard X-ray Mission: status report

Thermal forming of substrates for the x-ray surveyor telescope

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

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