Structural and optical performance of NiV/Ti multilayer mirrors for Z-pinch plasma diagnostic at the wavelength region of 350-450 eV.

This Letter reports on investigations of novel, to the best of our knowledge, NiV(NiV)/Ti multilayer mirrors for the operation in the wavelength region of 350-450 eV. Such mirrors are promising optical components for the Z-pinch plasma diagnostic. The NiV/Ti multilayers show superior structural and optical performance compared to conventional Ni/Ti multilayers.

Influence of FeCo layer thickness on the interfacial asymmetry of FeCo/Si multilayers fabricated by direct current magnetron sputtering.

FeCo/Si is a promising material combination for polarized neutron supermirrors because of its appropriate optical constants. Five FeCo/Si multilayers with monotonically increasing FeCo layer thicknesses were fabricated. Grazing incidence x-ray reflectometry and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy were performed to characterize the interdiffusion and asymmetry of the interfaces.

Effect of Ta Interlayers on Texture and Magnetic Properties of FeSi Films with Micrometer Thickness.

Magnetized soft ferromagnetic films with micrometer thickness were studied. A FeSi film, with a total thickness of 2000 nm, separated by 10 nm-thick Ta interlayers, was fabricated using the direct-current magnetron sputtering technique. The thickness of each FeSi layer between adjacent Ta layers was 100 nm.

Taxonomy and phylogeny of the freshwater tintinnid Tintinnopsis tubuformis Chiang, 1956 (Ciliophora, Oligotrichea) and a proposed synonymization of T. longa nom. corr. Chiang, 1956.

Tintinnid ciliates are traditionally identified by their loricae; however, increasing evidence indicates that some lorica features (e.g. its length, spiraled structures) are not reliable.