title: A matricial theory of soft x-ray resonant transition radiation in periodic multilayer structures.
abstract: When a charged particle crosses an interface between two different materials, electromagnetic radiation called Transition Radiation is emitted. The spectrum of this radiation extends up to x-ray domain. The Resonant Transition Radiation (R.T.R.) can be observed with a periodic arrangement of interfaces. The R.T.R. in the soft x-ray range has been recently measured by K. Yamada and coll. with a Nickel-Carbon multilayer structure [1]. In this paper, a rigorous electromagnetic theory of the R.T.R in finite and infinite multilayer structures is developed using the matricial formalism and compared with the experimental quoted data [1].
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 8501, Centre Universitaire d'Orsay, BP 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France.
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