Lightweight Soft X-ray Imager (LSXI) with glass-based coded mask

@misc{zhang2026lightweight,
  title = {{Lightweight Soft X-ray Imager (LSXI) with glass-based coded mask}},
  author = {Dali Zhang and Chao Zheng and Lu Wang and Haopeng Li and Jinpeng Zhang and Xinqiao Li and Shaolin Xiong and Longhui Li and Zhenghua An and Sheng Yang and Xiaoqing Cong and Zhixing Ling and Hailing Qin and Xiangyang Wen and Ke Gong and Yaqing Liu and Xiaojing Liu and Xiang Ma and Xiaoyun Zhao and Yanbing Xu and Junhao Yin and Dejun Gong and Jiacong Liu and Chenwei Wang and Min Gao and Jinzhou Wang},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.02058},
  eprint = {2609.02058},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.02058},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - Lightweight Soft X-ray Imager (LSXI) with glass-based coded mask
AU  - Dali Zhang
AU  - Chao Zheng
AU  - Lu Wang
AU  - Haopeng Li
AU  - Jinpeng Zhang
AU  - Xinqiao Li
AU  - Shaolin Xiong
AU  - Longhui Li
AU  - Zhenghua An
AU  - Sheng Yang
AU  - Xiaoqing Cong
AU  - Zhixing Ling
AU  - Hailing Qin
AU  - Xiangyang Wen
AU  - Ke Gong
AU  - Yaqing Liu
AU  - Xiaojing Liu
AU  - Xiang Ma
AU  - Xiaoyun Zhao
AU  - Yanbing Xu
AU  - Junhao Yin
AU  - Dejun Gong
AU  - Jiacong Liu
AU  - Chenwei Wang
AU  - Min Gao
AU  - Jinzhou Wang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/02
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.02058
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.02058
AB  - The coded mask technique has been widely used in X-ray and Gamma-ray imagers, especially in space astronomy. However, the traditional design of coded mask imagers usually has problems with large size and heavy weight. Here, we propose a novel design for a coded mask imager made of glass based on microchannel plate (MCP) technology, making it lightweight (within 1 kg), compact, and self-supporting, which is very suitable for space exploration satellites. The design is initially demonstrated by reconstructing encoded patterns from measurements at the X-ray beamline. Monte Carlo simulations of the module integrated into a 6U CubeSat are conducted to assess its in-orbit detector performance, including sensitivity and source localization.
ER  -