Polarizing optics for the soft x-ray regime: Whispering-gallery mirrors and multilayer beamsplitters

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:7264645

Braud, J P

Two short-wavelength optical components are described. The first, the whispering-gallery mirror, uses many glancing-incidence reflections to deflect a beam through a large net angle. Because the Fresnel coefficient for each reflection depends upon the state of polarization, the whispering-gallery mirror can act both as a polarizer and as a birefringent element. The second, the multilayer polarizing beamsplitter, is a Brewster-angle reflector thin enough to allow partial partial transmission of the incident beam. Its behavior can be surprising; in some cases the same polarization mode is preferred on both reflection and transmission.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Research Lab. of Electronics
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-89ER14012
• OSTI ID: 7264645
• Report Number(s): CONF-9107115-81; ON: DE92040668
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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