Phys. Rev. B 52, 10827–10830 (1995)Exact determination of the phase in neutron reflectometryReceived 18 January 1995; published in the issue dated 15 October 1995 We show that by using a known reference layer having three tunable values of scattering density, an exact determination of the complex amplitude R=ReR+i ImR for neutron specular reflection can be made for any unknown real potential (i.e., no absorption). This straightforward yet remarkable general result is valid even in the dynamical regime (where the conventional Born approximation fails) and makes it feasible to consider direct inversion methods for obtaining the scattering length density profile normal to the reflecting surface. © 1995 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.52.10827
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.52.10827
PACS:
61.12.-q, 68.18.+p, 68.35.-p, 68.45.-v
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