Abstract
We modify groove profile of various blazed gratings with groove densities as great as 3600 lines/mm by dip coating with hardenable liquids with the aim of reducing the blaze angle. The groove profiles resulting from coatings with different layer thickness are measured by atomic force microscopy. A highly reproducible blaze angle reduction to as high as a factor of 6 is achieved with mechanically ruled as well as ion-beam-etched holographic blazed gratings. Blaze angles, to as small as 0.7 deg, which are required for vacuum-UV and soft-x-ray applications but can hardly be formed with sufficient groove profile accuracy by direct ruling, are realized with this coating technique.
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