MgO-Al2O3-ZrO2 amorphous ternary composite: A dense and stable optical coating

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 34, 1998, Pages 8043-8056

  Sahoo, Naba K ^a,b   Shapiro, Alan P ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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EID: 0042881757     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.008043     Document Type: Article

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