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Even to x-rays, smooth surfaces become reflective at grazing incidence, so you can make mirrors that are constructed on that principle. Not simple to do, but no
by jbay808 7y ago
Even to x-rays, smooth surfaces become reflective at grazing incidence, so you can make mirrors that are constructed on that principle. Not simple to do, but not impossible either.
- madengr 7y agoThe gain falls off as the RMS surface roughness becomes a fraction of a wavelength; see figure 1 here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1007.4600.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1007.4600.pdf So it would be interesting to see how that effects it. I suppose a crystal fractured along the lattice for an atomically smooth surface.