Layer thickness fluctuations in optical coatings with non-quarter-wave design

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2083-2085

  Lowry, Joseph ^a   Thomsen, Marshall ^a   Behringer, Ernest R ^a   Wu, Zhouling ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0043234015     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002083     Document Type: Article

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