Lobster-eye optics
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lobster-eye-optics-161-6814063
title:
Lobster-eye optics
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Lobster-eye optics are a biomimetic design, based on the structure of the eyes of a lobster with an ultra wide field of view, used in X-ray optics. This configuration allows X-ray light to enter from multiple angles, capturing more X-rays from a larger area than other X-ray telescopes. The idea was originally proposed for use in X-ray astronomy by Roger Angel in 1979, with a similar idea presented earlier by W. K. H. Schmidt in 1975. It was first used by NASA on a sub-orbital sounding rocket exp
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X-ray optics design that mimics the structure of lobster eyes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster-eye_optics
date created:
2023-12-29T11:34:54Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T03:07:51Z
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