The present paper gives the requirements for the performance of X-ray mirrors at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. It is shown that the efficiency of synchrotron radiation experiments on next generation storage rings is optics-limited rather than source-limited. The effects of microroughness and slope errors as well as thermal and mechanical aspects of mirror cooling are discussed. Finally some ideas for research and development are outlined.

Date Published: 28 July 1989
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 1160, X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy and Microscopy, (28 July 1989); doi: 10.1117/12.962670

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1160:
X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy and Microscopy
Richard B. Hoover, Editor(s)