Oscillating dipole model for the X-ray standing wave enhanced fluorescence in periodic multilayers

Abstract

Periodic multilayers give rise to enhanced X-ray fluorescence when a regime of standing waves occurs within the structure. This regime may concern the primary radiation used to induce the fluorescence, the secondary radiation of fluorescence or both of them. Until now, existing models only dealt with standing wave regime of primary radiation. We present a theoretical approach based on the oscillating dipole model and the coupled-wave theory that can treat efficiently any standing wave regime. We compare our simulations to experimental data available in the literature.