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Under synchrotron radiation white beam exposure, strong mechanical stress can build up in multilayer optics, caused by the thermal mismatch between layer material and substrate material. To study the stability and performance of multilayer optics under heat load, Pd, Cr, and B 4 C single layers of thicknesses in the nanometer range and [Pd/B 4 C] multilayers were prepared in the sputter-depositing facility of the ESRF Multilayer Laboratory. Curvature changes versus temperature were measured using a Shack-Hartmann wave front sensor. Films coated on 200 μm thin Si wafers induced significant curvature changes over a temperature range from 60°C to 200°C. A combined parameter K including Young’s modulus and thermal expansion coefficient (CTE) was defined to describe the thermal deformation properties of the thin-film layer. The investigation shows that all three materials in thin film cause less thermal expansion than expected from material properties for bulk material in the literature. In particular, the thermal expansion of B 4 C films appears to be close to that of the Si substrate. |
