High performance antireflection coatings for telecommunications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5527, Issue , 2004, Pages 79-92

  Stevenson, Ian ^a  

^a Denton Vacuum Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antireflection; Laser facets; Optical fibers; Process control; Reflectance measurement

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION; GAIN FLATTENING FILTERS (GFF); LASER FACETS; REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS;

ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS;

REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

EID: 13444272006     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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