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Grazing incidence systems with multiple reflections

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The theory of turning soft x-ray SXR radiation beams by means of concave surfaces through multiple reflections (the “whispering-gallery” effect) is developed. It is demonstrated that concave mirrors are capable of turning an SXR beam by an arbitrary angle determined by their aperture angle. The reflectivities are of the same order of magnitude as those of multilayer mirrors (20–80% at a turn by 90°). The turning mirrors feature a wide spectral transmission band (Δλ ∼ λ). The potentialities of concave mirrors and hollow cylindrical waveguides with respect to concentration and collimation of SXR radiation are considered. The requirements imposed on the smoothness of the reflecting surfaces are obtained and the optimal (as to their optical properties) materials are chosen for their fabrication. The theoretical results are compared to experimental data.

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Translated from Trudy Fizicheskogo Instituta im. P. N. Lebedeva (Proceedings of the Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), Vol. 196, pp. 143–167, 1989.

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Kozhevnikov, I.V. Grazing incidence systems with multiple reflections. J Russ Laser Res 16, 387–413 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02581224

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