High-efficiency MoRu–Be multilayer-coated gratings operating near normal incidence in the 11.1–12.0-nm wavelength range

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 31, 2001, Pages 5565-5574

  Seely, John F ^a   Montcalm, Claude ^b   Baker, Sherry ^b   Bajt, Saša ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT REFLECTION; MULTILAYERS; SUBSTRATES;

WAVELENGTH;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0000422023     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.005565     Document Type: Article

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