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This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant PHY94-15583
Published In
Applied Optics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1999
Subjects
Semiconductors -- Surface properties, Photovoltaic cells -- Materials -- Research, Gaussian beams
Abstract
The reflectivities of most surfaces are higher for grazing or near-90-deg angles of incidence than for more perpendicular or near-zero-deg angles. Grazing-incidence configurations are especially important in the development of lasers and optical systems that operate in the far-ultraviolet and soft-x-ray regions of the spectrum, where transparent or highly reflecting media are almost unknown. Analytical solutions of the paraxial wave equation are obtained for the grazing reflection and complex interference effects that take place when a Gaussian beam interacts at shallow angles with a reflecting surface.
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http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8143
Citation Details
Lee W. Casperson, "Grazing Reflection of Gaussian Beams," Appl. Opt. 38, 554-562 (1999).
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