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

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006 · Appl. Optics-OT

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.45.001680· OSTI ID:914261

Seely, J; Goray, L; Kjornrattanawanich, B; Laming, M; Holland, G; Flanagan, K; Heilmann, R; Chang, C; Schattenberg, M; Rasmussen, A

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 Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source
• Sponsoring Organization: Doe - Office Of Science
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 914261
• Report Number(s): BNL-78829-2007-JA; APOPAI; TRN: US0802843
• Journal Information: Appl. Optics-OT, Vol. 45; ISSN 0003-6935
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
DIFFRACTION GRATINGS
EFFICIENCY
GOLD
POLARIZATION
SENSITIVITY
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
WAVELENGTHS
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