極紫反射光学

L Drescher¹, O Kornilov², T Witting¹

¹Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany.

Nature

|November 30, 2018

まとめ

科学者はガスのプリズムを使って極紫外線 (EUV) の光折れを制御した. この画期的な発見により,以前の吸収の限界を克服する新しい EUV 屈折性レンズの開発が可能になりました.

科学分野:

光学とフォトニクス
原子と分子物理学

背景:

折射は様々な波長での光の操作に不可欠です
極紫外線 (EUV) は物質によって強く吸収され,屈折光学の発展を制限する.
現在のEUVの焦点は反射鏡と光フレネルゾーンプレートに依存しています.

研究の目的:

極紫外線 (EUV) 光の反射に対する制御を証明する.
EUVのスペクトル領域のための新しい折射光学要素を開発する.
従来の EUV 屈折光学における高吸収の限界を克服する.

主な方法:

屈折指数プロファイルを作成するために制御された密度グラデーションを持つガスジェットを使用しました.
EUVビームを逸らすためにガス相プリズマを生成した
周波数依存の偏移,特に原子共鳴の近くで調査した.
ガスの圧力を調節することで変形性折射レンズを開発した.

主要な成果:

ガスジェットを用いてEUV放射の折射を成功裏に証明した.
周波数依存のビーム偏移を示すガス相プリズマを作成しました.
EUV光のための調節可能な,低吸収の可変性レンズを開発した.
原子共鳴の近くで屈折の強化を達成した

結論:

EUVの屈折を制御するには,ガス相媒体を用いることができます.
この研究は,EUV領域に屈折ベースの技術を適用するための道を切り開きます.
開発された変形可能なレンズは,EUV光学のための新しいツールを提供し,調整可能な焦点距離と低い吸収率を提供します.

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