Modified needle method with simultaneous thickness and refractive-index refinement for the synthesis of inhomogeneous and multilayer optical thin films

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 31, 2001, Pages 5718-5725

  Verly, Pierre G ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS;

INHOMOGENEOUS FILMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 0037484672     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.005718     Document Type: Article

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