Comparison of antireflection surfaces based on two-dimensional binary gratings and thin-film coatings

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 3877-3884

  Shokooh Saremi, Mehrdad ^a   Mirsalehi, Mir Mojtaba ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THEOREM PROVING; THIN FILMS;

ANTIREFLECTION SURFACES; HYBRID BINARY GRATING; MULTILAYER FILTERS; THIN-FILM COATINGS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

EID: 22144465498     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.003877     Document Type: Article

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