Polarizing optics for the soft x-ray regime: Whispering-gallery mirrors and multilayer beamsplitters
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OSTI ID:7264645
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:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-89ER14012
- OSTI ID:
- 7264645
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9107115-81; ON: DE92040668
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) meeting, San Diego, CA (United States), 21-26 Jul 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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X RADIATION
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