Laue lenses for hard X-/soft Gamma-rays: new prototype results

TL;DR

This paper reports on the development and testing of an improved Laue lens prototype for focusing hard X-rays and soft gamma-rays, demonstrating enhanced performance in PSF and spectral response.

Contribution

The paper introduces a new Laue lens prototype with improved focusing and spectral capabilities, building on previous designs and testing at the LARIX facility.

Findings

Enhanced point spread function (PSF) performance

Improved spectral response of the lens

Successful demonstration of prototype capabilities

Abstract

We present the results obtained with the new Laue lens prototype built in the LARIX facility in the Physics Department of University of Ferrara. Following the results of the first prototype presented at the SPIE conference in Marseille, and also thanks to the methods adopted for improving the prototype (SPIE conference in San Diego, Ferrari et al. 2009) here we present the results of the new prototype with improved performances in terms of point spread function (PSF) and spectral response.