A single W/B4C transmission multilayer for polarization analysis of soft x-rays up to 1keV

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 23290-23298

  MacDonald, Michael A ^a,b   Schäfers, Franz ^c   Gaupp, Andreas ^c  

^a CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTILAYERS; TRANSITION METALS;

BRAGG CONDITIONS; FULL POLARIZATION; PHASE RETARDATION; PHOTON ENERGY; POLARIZATION ANALYSIS; SELF-CALIBRATING; TRANSMISSION MULTILAYERS; X-RADIATION;

POLARIZATION;

BORON DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; X RAY;

BORON COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; TUNGSTEN; X-RAYS;

EID: 72049116589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.023290     Document Type: Article

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