Polarizing and reflective coatings based on half-wave layer pairs

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 307-313

  Thomsen, M ^a   Wu, Z L ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coating design; Laser damage; Optical coatings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000577323     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000307     Document Type: Article

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