Our paper “Retrieval of the complex-valued refractive index of germanium near the M4,5 absorption edge” has been published in the Journal of the Optical Society of America B. In this work we show that the complex-valued index of refraction of germanium in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) is measured by multi- angle reflectance of synchrotron radiation. The resulting index of refraction is higher resolution than previously measured values. It reveals new structures attributed to transitions from the 3d-core orbitals to the Σ5c,2 and the X5c,2 conduction bands. Additionally, we show that the problem of total external reflection, which renders multi-angle reflectance measurements insensitive to the complex-valued refractive index at grazing incidence, can be overcome by employing measurements at angles of incidence away from the critical angle.

Original link to the journal:
https://www.osapublishing.org/josab/abstract.cfm?uri=josab-36-6-1716