Optical constants of sputtered beryllium thin films determined from photoabsorption measurements in the spectral range 20.4-250 eV.

In this work, the refractive index of beryllium in the photon energy range 20.4-250 eV was experimentally determined. The initial data include measurements of the transmittance of two free-standing Be films with thicknesses of 70 nm and 152 nm, as well as reflectometric measurements of similar films on a substrate. Measurements were carried out at the optics beamline of the BESSY II synchrotron radiation source. The absorption coefficient β was found directly from the transmission coefficient of the films, and the real part of the polarizability δ was calculated from the Kramers-Kronig relations. A comparison is carried out with results obtained 20 years ago at the ALS synchrotron using a similar methodology.