Antireflection coatings for UV radiation obtained by molecular-beam deposition

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 31, 1996, Pages 6216-6218

  Laux, S ^a   Mann, K ^b   Granitza, B ^b   Kaiser, U ^a   Richter, M ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LASER LABORATORIUM GÖTTINGEN E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antireflection coatings; Fluorides; Laser induced damage threshold; Molecular beam deposition; UV

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342415874     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006216     Document Type: Article

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