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Efficiency of a grazing-incidence off-plane grating in the soft-x-ray region

Journal Article · · Applied Optics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.45.0· OSTI ID:20779277
Efficiency measurements of a grazing-incidence diffraction grating in the off-plane mount were performed using polarized synchrotron radiation. The grating had 5000 grooves/mm, an effective blaze angle of 14 deg., and was gold coated. The efficiencies in the two polarization orientations (TM and TE) were measured in the 1.5-5.0 nm wavelength range and were compared with the efficiencies calculated using the PCGrate-SX code. The TM and TE efficiencies differ, offering the possibility of performing unique science studies of astrophysical, solar, and laboratory sources by exploiting the polarization sensitivity of the off-plane grating.
OSTI ID:
20779277
Journal Information:
Applied Optics, Journal Name: Applied Optics Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 45; ISSN 0003-6935; ISSN APOPAI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English