title: On the design of fabry-perot reflectors for the vacuum ultraviolet.
abstract: A method of comparing the theoretical optical performance of metal films and absorbing multilayer stacks is given. It is shown analytically how the thickness of a nonabsorbing spacer layer between two absorbing stacks may be chosen to maximize either the reflectance or reflectance + transmittance of the complete system. Some numerical examples are given.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thetford
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macdonald