The Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy Onboard the SATech-01 Satellite
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DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/acd593
Abstract: The Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy (LEIA), a pathfinder of the Wide-field X-ray Telescope of the Einstein Probe (EP) mission, was successfully launched onboard the SATech-01 satellite of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on 27… read more here.
Keywords: onboard satech; eye imager; imager astronomy; imager ... See more keywords
Multiplexing lobster-eye optics: a concept for wide-field x-ray monitoring
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DOI: 10.1117/1.jatis.6.2.025003
Abstract: Abstract. We propose a concept of multiplexing lobster-eye (MuLE) optics to achieve significant reductions in the number of focal plane imagers in lobster-eye (LE) wide-field x-ray monitors. In the MuLE configuration, an LE mirror is… read more here.
Keywords: wide field; ray; lobster eye; optics ... See more keywords
Detection system of the lobster eye telescope with large field of view.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.469433
Abstract: The lobster eye telescope is promising for large-field x ray imaging in astronomy. The special structure of the lobster eye system makes the focal plane a sphere, resulting in detector defocus when the field is… read more here.
Keywords: system; eye; lobster eye; eye telescope ... See more keywords
Structural design method of the meridional lobster-eye lens with optimal efficiency.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.58.009033
Abstract: Lobster-eye optics has been proposed as a high-energy detection device with great potential for astronomical observation and safety inspection due to its large-field-of-view (FOV) focusing ability. In this paper, we study the relationship between the… read more here.
Keywords: lobster eye; meridional lobster; eye lens; efficiency ... See more keywords