Manufacture, Structure And Performance Of W/B4C Multilayer X-Ray Mirrors

A. F. Jankowski; D. M. Makowiecki

doi:10.1117/12.948771

16 December 1988 Manufacture, Structure And Performance Of W/B4C Multilayer X-Ray Mirrors

A. F. Jankowski, D. M. Makowiecki

Proceedings Volume 0984, X-Ray Multilayers in Diffractometers, Monochromators, and Spectrometers; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948771
Event: 32nd Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1988, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

One of the most important considerations in the design and manufacture of multilayer mirrors is material compatibility. Ideally, the materials selected should not chemically react or interdiffuse thereby avoiding the formation of second phases, enhancing the smoothness of the deposited layer interface and hence enhancing the reflectivity of the optic. It is also possible to increase the reflectivity by decreasing the thickness of the more absorbing layers and increasing the thickness of the less absorbing layers, for any given periodicity. The optimum thickness of each layer, however, is rigorously related to the specific materials as well as the x-ray wavelength being used. The transparency of the spacing (low absorption) layers can thus be augmented by materials of low absorption that are thermodynamically stable and which deposit in a smooth continuous fashion. Whereas the use of boron as opposed to carbon as a spacing material provides lower absorption, it is typically inferior in providing as low an interfacial roughness in multilayer form. For example, in rhenium-tungsten/carbon multilayers, produced by evaporation, a typical rough-ness of <0.3 nm is obtained versus 0.7 nm for rhenium-tungsten/boron multilayers. Our initial findings with B₄C layers indicate deposits which show layer smoothness exceeding those containing carbon with the advantage of greater stability, lower absorption and therefore greater reflectivity. The manufacture, microstructure and reflectivity of W/B₄C multilayers will be the focus of this presentation.

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A. F. Jankowski and D. M. Makowiecki "Manufacture, Structure And Performance Of W/B4C Multilayer X-Ray Mirrors", Proc. SPIE 0984, X-Ray Multilayers in Diffractometers, Monochromators, and Spectrometers, (16 December 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948771

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