High-efficiency diffractive x-ray optics from sectioned multilayers
Author(s) -
Hyon Chol Kang,
G. B. Stephenson,
C. Liu,
R. Conley,
Albert T. Macrander,
J. Mäser,
S. Bajt,
Henry N. Chapman
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.1897061
Subject(s) - diffraction , optics , materials science , x ray crystallography , diffraction efficiency , x ray optics , x ray , intensity (physics) , physics
We investigate the diffraction properties of sectioned multilayers in Laue (transmission) geometry, at hard x-ray energies (9.5 and 19.5keV). Two samples are studied, a W∕Si multilayer of 200×(29nm) periods, and a Mo∕Si multilayer of 2020×(7nm) periods, with cross-section depths ranging from 2to17μm. Reflectivities as high as 70% are observed. This exceeds the theoretical limit for standard zone plates operating in the multibeam regime, demonstrating that all of the intensity can be directed into a single diffraction order in small-period structures.
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