Application of the needle optimization technique to the design of optical coatings

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 28, 1996, Pages 5493-5508

  Tikhonravov, Alexander V ^a   Trubetskov, Michael K ^a   DeBell, Gary W ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b DeBell Design   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIELECTRIC FILMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MIRRORS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS;

FILM THICKNESS; NEEDLE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE; NORMAL LIGHT INCIDENCE; OBLIQUE LIGHT INCIDENCE; THIN FILM OPTICS;

OPTICAL COATINGS;

EID: 0030269547     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005493     Document Type: Article

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