Fourier-transform design and electron cyclotron resonance plasma-enhanced deposition of lossy graded-index optical coatings

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4413-4419

  Bulkin, Pavel V ^a   Swart, Pieter L ^a   Lacquet, Beatrys M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor deposition; Fourier transform design technique; Inhomogeneous thin films; Plasmaenhanced; Rugate filters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006254776     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004413     Document Type: Article

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