Hybrid optical coating design for omnidirectional antireflection purposes

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Janicki, Vesna ^a,b   Wilbrandt, Steffen ^c   Stenzel, Olaf ^a   Gäbler, Dieter ^a   Kaiser, Norbert ^a   Tikhonravov, Alexander ^d   Trubetskov, Mikhail ^d   Amotchkina, Tatiana ^d  

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

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antireflective coating; Gradient index; Hybrid coating; Omnidirectional; Rugate

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; DEPOSITION; EVAPORATION; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING; GRADIENT INDEX; HYBRID COATING; OMNIDIRECTIONAL; RUGATE;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

EID: 22844433048     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/8/L01     Document Type: Article

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