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Efficiency of a Grazing-Incidence Off-Plane Grating in the Soft X-Ray Region

Journal Article · · Appl. Optics-OT
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.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source
Sponsoring Organization:
Doe - Office Of Science
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
914261
Report Number(s):
BNL--78829-2007-JA
Journal Information:
Appl. Optics-OT, Journal Name: Appl. Optics-OT Vol. 45; ISSN 0003-6935; ISSN APOPAI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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