Robust optical coating design with evolutionary strategies

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 28, 1996, Pages 5477-5483

  Greiner, Horst ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolutionary strategies; Optical filter design; Optimal design; Robustness; Taguchi methods; Tolerancing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000794948     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005477     Document Type: Article

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