Optical properties of boron carbide near the boron K edge evaluated by soft-x-ray reflectometry from a Ru/B(4)C multilayer.
Soft-x-ray Bragg reflection from two Ru/B(4)C multilayers with 10 and 63 periods was used for independent determination of both real and imaginary parts of the refractive index n = 1 - delta + ibeta close to the boron K edge (approximately 188 eV). Prior to soft x-ray measurements, the structural parameters of the multilayers were determined by x-ray reflectometry using hard x rays. For the 63-period sample, the optical properties based on the predictions made for elemental boron major deviations were found close to the K edge of boron for the 10-period sample explained by chemical bonding of boron to B(4)C and various boron oxides.
Ksenzov
Dmitriy
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University of Siegen, Walter-Flex Strasse 3, 57068 Siegen, Germany. ksenzov@physik.uni-siegen.de
Panzner
Tobias
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Schlemper
Christoph
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Morawe
Christian
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Pietsch
Ullrich
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