Toward resistant vacuum-ultraviolet coatings for free-electron lasers down to 150 nm

Alexandre Gatto; Minghong Yang; Norbert Kaiser; Stefan Günster; Detlev Ristau; Mauro' Trovo; Miltcho Danailov

doi:10.1364/ao.45.007316

Toward resistant vacuum-ultraviolet coatings for free-electron lasers down to 150 nm

Appl Opt. 2006 Oct 1;45(28):7316-8. doi: 10.1364/ao.45.007316.

Authors

Alexandre Gatto¹, Minghong Yang, Norbert Kaiser, Stefan Günster, Detlev Ristau, Mauro' Trovo, Miltcho Danailov

Affiliation

¹ Fraunhofer Institut fur Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik, Albert Einstein Strasse 7, Jena, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 16983420
DOI: 10.1364/ao.45.007316

Abstract

Research and development are currently trying to run a storage ring free-electron laser down to 150 nm with robust optics. Vacuum-ultraviolet fluoride optics with protected oxide layers and enhanced metallic mirrors are investigated.