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The Phase of Scattering Profiles & X-Ray/Neutron Reflectivity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2011
Abstract
The phase problem that troubles x-ray diffraction is also a problem for x-ray and neutron reflectivity; however, there are a range of small angles just beyond the critical angle for which the reflectivity contains information on the phase of the surface scattering amplitude. In principle this phase information can be used to determine the asymmetry of the normal gradient of the scattering amplitude density. We discuss here practical conditions under which this symmetry can, or cannot, be extracted from reflectivity data.
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