Multicycle AR coatings: A theoretical approach

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5250, Issue , 2004, Pages 357-366

  Schallenberg, Uwe ^a   Schulz, Ulrike ^b   Kaiser, Norbert ^b  

^a Mso Jena Mikroschichtoptik GmbH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

AR coatings; Multicycle design; Step down index profile

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT REFLECTION; MULTILAYERS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AR COATINGS; MULTICYCLE DESIGN; STEP DOWN INDEX PROFILE;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

EID: 1942425603     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.513416     Document Type: Conference Paper

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