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SPO mirror module


Date: 18 June 2015
Copyright: cosine Research BV

Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology under development for the ATHENA X-ray observatory mission. Shown here is an SPO mirror module comprising four mirror plate stacks aligned to form a Wolter optic for X-ray imaging.

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