Multiple determination of the optical constants of thin-film coating materials

Applied Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 1984, Pages 3571-3596

  Arndt, D P ^a   Azzam, R M A ^b   Bennett, J M ^b   Borgogno, J P ^c   Carniglia, C K ^d   Case, W E ^e   Dobrowolski, J A ^f   Gibson, U J ^g   Hart, T Tuttle ^d   Ho, F C ^f   Hodgkin, V A ^a   Klapp, W P ^d   Macleod, H A ^g   Pelletier, E ^c   Purvis, M K ^e   Quinn, D M ^d   Strome, D H ^e   Swenson, R ^g   Temple, P A ^a   Thonn, T F ^b  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

^e Loral Vought Systems Corporation   (United States)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL MULTILAYER INTERFERENCE COATINGS;

OPTICAL COATINGS;

EID: 0021513002     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.23.003571     Document Type: Article

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