Reflection Efficiencies of a Periodic Absorbing Surface

Abstract

The reflection efficiencies for the various orders of diffraction produced by a grating are calculated under the following assumptions. The grating is for the most part flat, but with a fraction ∊ of the periodicity interval a described by a profile function z=f(x). The reflection and transmission efficiencies are calculated as a series expansion in ∊. Numerical calculations have been performed for the case of ultrasoft x rays incident at near grazing angles, using a complex index of refraction η=1−δ₀λ²+iβ₀λ^3.25 or tabulated values. No effects of shadowing by the grating profile have been considered, and the numerical work has been done for a symmetrical triangular trench incised in the flat surface.