Program Overview

The conference begins with a dinner reception on Sunday evening. Regular morning sessions, consisting of contributed and invited oral presentations, begin Monday morning and extend through Thursday. After-dinner poster sessions will be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Full dinners will be served on Monday and Wednesday. A special conference reception will be held Tuesday night: we will travel by train to the 'mer de glace' - a hotel built on top of a glacier - for a traditional gourmet dinner, complete with live entertainment. As per PXRMS tradition, afternoons are free (local ski areas are accessible by bus.)

Major Topics To Be Considered

Film Growth

Microstructure Development

Roughness Evolution

Interface Formation

Surface and Thin-Film Modifications using Ion Beams

Film Removal Techniques

Growth Models and Computer Simulations

X-Ray and Neutron Scattering

Novel Characterization Techniques

Mechanical Properties

Stability

Optical Properties

Multilayer X-Ray Optics

Invited Speakers

• N.N. Salashchenko (Russia) ...Multilayer X-ray optics
• J. F. Seely (USA) ...Multilayer gratings
• J. I. Larruquert (Spain) ...EUV multilayers
• T. W. Barbee (USA) ...High-resolution multilayers
• H. N. G. Wadley (USA) ...Ion-assisted interface control
• S. Bajt (USA) ...Interface engineering
• T. H. Metzger (France) ...Lateral and vertical ordering in multilayers
• W. Bailey (USA) ...In-situ magnetoresistance in spin valves
• B. K. Tanner (UK) ...Variable energy X-ray analysis
• K. Yamada (Japan) ...Tunable multilayer X-ray source
• H. Kinoshita (Japan) ...EUVL
• E. Spiller (USA) ...Smooth multilayers on rough substrates