@article{7804, author = {V. V. Medvedev and A. J. R. van den Boogaard and R. van der Meer and A. E. Yakshin and E. Louis and V. M. Krivtsun and F. Bijkerk}, title = {Infrared diffractive filtering for extreme ultraviolet multilayer Bragg reflectors}, abstract = {We report on the development of a hybrid mirror realized by integrating an EUV-reflecting multilayer coating with a lamellar grating substrate. This hybrid mirror acts as an efficient Bragg reflector for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation at a given wavelength while simultaneously providing spectral-selective suppression of the specular reflectance for unwanted longer-wavelength radiation due to the grating phase-shift resonance. The test structures, designed to suppress infrared (IR) radiation, were fabricated by masked deposition of a Si grating substrate followed by coating of the grating with a Mo/Si multilayer. To give the proof of principle, we developed such a hybrid mirror for the specific case of reflecting 13.5 nm radiation while suppressing 10 mu m light, resulting in 61% reflectance at the wavelength of 13.5 nm together with the 70 x suppression rate of the specular reflection at the wavelength of 10 mu m, but the considered filtering principle can be used for a variety of applications that are based on utilization of broadband radiation sources. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America}, year = {2013}, journal = {Optics Express}, volume = {21}, number = {14}, pages = {16964-16974}, month = {Jul}, isbn = {1094-4087}, doi = {10.1364/oe.21.016964}, language = {eng}, }