Design and manufacture of low-absorption ZnS-YF3 antireflection coatings in the 3.5-16-μm spectral range

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 4239-4244

  Lemarquis, Frederic ^a   Marchand, Gerard ^a   Amra, Claude ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0345250971     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.004239     Document Type: Article

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