Characterization and calibration of a multilayer coated Wolter optic for an imager on the Z-machine at Sandia National Laboratories

M Wu; B Kozioziemski; J K Vogel; P Lake; J R Fein; D J Ampleford; C J Bourdon; J Ayers; P Bell; D Bradley; C C Walton; L A Pickworth; M Pivovaroff; A Ames; R Bruni; S Romaine; K Kilaru; B Ramsey

doi:10.1063/1.5038033

Characterization and calibration of a multilayer coated Wolter optic for an imager on the Z-machine at Sandia National Laboratories

Rev Sci Instrum. 2018 Oct;89(10):10G114. doi: 10.1063/1.5038033.

Authors

M Wu¹, B Kozioziemski², J K Vogel², P Lake¹, J R Fein¹, D J Ampleford¹, C J Bourdon¹, J Ayers², P Bell², D Bradley², C C Walton², L A Pickworth², M Pivovaroff², A Ames³, R Bruni³, S Romaine³, K Kilaru⁴, B Ramsey⁵

Affiliations

¹ Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA.
² Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA.
³ Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
⁴ Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, Alabama 35805, USA.
⁵ NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 35812, USA.

PMID: 30399807
DOI: 10.1063/1.5038033

Abstract

The need for a time-resolved monochromatic x-ray imaging diagnostic at photon energies >15 keV has motivated the development of a Wolter optic to study x-ray sources on the Z-machine at Sandia National Laboratories. The work is performed in both the LLNL's x-ray calibration facility and SNL's micro-focus x-ray lab. Characterizations and calibrations include alignment, measurement of throughput within the field of view (FOV), the point-spread function within the FOV both in and out of focus, and bandpass in the FOV. These results are compared with ray tracing models, showing reasonable agreement.