Ion-beam polishing of fused silica substrates for imaging soft x-ray and extreme ultraviolet optics

Autor: M. S. Mikhaylenko, N. N. Salashchenko, S. A. Churin, A. E. Pestov, Nikolay I. Chkhalo, Vladimir N. Polkovnikov, M. V. Zorina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Applied optics. 55(6)
ISSN: 1539-4522
Popis: We have studied the surface treatment of polished fused silica by neutralized Ar ions with energy of 500-1500 eV and incidence angles of 0-90°. We found the following regularities: for samples that passed the standard procedure of deep polishing (initial effective roughness σ(eff)∼0.5 nm), the effective roughness decreases to the ultrasmooth level (i.e., σ(eff)∼0.25 nm in the range of spatial frequencies q∈[4.9×10(-2)-63] μm(-1)). The effect begins to be noticeable at the material removal of 150 nm and reaches saturation at depths of removal greater than 1 μm. For supersmooth samples (σ(eff)
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