AIP Advances (Jan 2013)

Single-order operation of lamellar multilayer gratings in the soft x-ray spectral range

  • Robert van der Meer,
  • Igor Kozhevnikov,
  • Balachander Krishnan,
  • Jurriaan Huskens,
  • Petra Hegeman,
  • Christian Brons,
  • Boris Vratzov,
  • Bert Bastiaens,
  • Klaus Boller,
  • Fred Bijkerk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4774297
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 012103 – 012103

Abstract

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We demonstrate single-order operation of Lamellar Multilayer Gratings in the soft x-ray spectral range. The spectral resolution was found to be 3.8 times higher than from an unpatterned multilayer mirror, while there were no significant spectral sideband structures adjacent to the main Bragg peak. The measured spectral bandwidths and peak reflectivities were in good agreement with our theoretical calculations.