Spectroscopic characterization of novel multilayer mirrors intended for astronomical and laboratory applications

Eugene N. Ragozin; Konstantin N. Mednikov; Andrei A. Pertsov; Alexander S. Pirozhkov; Anton A. Reva; Sergei V. Shestov; Artem S. Ul'yanov; Eugene A. Vishnyakov

doi:10.1117/12.820750

30 April 2009 Spectroscopic characterization of novel multilayer mirrors intended for astronomical and laboratory applications

Eugene N. Ragozin, Konstantin N. Mednikov, Andrei A. Pertsov, Alexander S. Pirozhkov, Anton A. Reva, Sergei V. Shestov, Artem S. Ul'yanov, Eugene A. Vishnyakov

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Proceedings Volume 7360, EUV and X-Ray Optics: Synergy between Laboratory and Space; 73600N (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820750
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic

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We report measurements of the reflection spectra of (i) concave (spherical and parabolic) Mo/Si, Mg/Si, and Al/Zr multilayer mirrors (MMs) intended for imaging solar spectroscopy in the framework of the TESIS/CORONAS-FOTON Satellite Project and of (ii) an aperiodic Mo/Si MM optimized for maximum uniform reflectivity in the 125-250 Å range intended for laboratory applications. The reflection spectra were measured in the configuration of a transmission grating spectrometer employing the radiation of a tungsten laser-driven plasma as the source. The function of detectors was fulfilled by backside-illuminated CCDs coated with Al or Zr/Si multilayer absorption filters. High-intensity second-order interference reflection peaks at wavelengths of about 160 Å were revealed in the reflection spectra of the 304-Å Mo/Si MMs. By contrast, the second-order reflection peak in the spectra of the new-generation narrow-band (~12 Å FWHM) 304-Å Mg/Si MMs is substantially depressed. Manifestations of the NEXAFS structure of the L_{2, 3} absorption edges of Al and Al₂O₃ were observed in the spectra recorded. The broadband Mo/Si MM was employed as the focusing element of spectrometers in experiments involving (i) the charge exchange of multiply charged ions with the donor atoms of a rare-gas jet; (ii) the spectroscopic characterization of a debris-free soft X-ray radiation source excited by Nd laser pulses in a Xe jet (iii) near-IR-to-soft-X-ray frequency conversion (double Doppler effect) occurring in the retroreflection from the relativistic electron plasma wake wave (flying mirror) driven by a multiterawatt laser in a pulsed helium jet.

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Eugene N. Ragozin, Konstantin N. Mednikov, Andrei A. Pertsov, Alexander S. Pirozhkov, Anton A. Reva, Sergei V. Shestov, Artem S. Ul'yanov, and Eugene A. Vishnyakov "Spectroscopic characterization of novel multilayer mirrors intended for astronomical and laboratory applications", Proc. SPIE 7360, EUV and X-Ray Optics: Synergy between Laboratory and Space, 73600N (30 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820750

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