Markov-chain Monte Carlo approach to the design of multilayer thin-film optical coatings

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2651-2660

  Hobson, Michael P ^a   Baldwin, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VECTORS;

LINEAR ALGEBRA PACKAGES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; SPECTRAL BAND; WAVELENGTH;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 2442534965     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002651     Document Type: Article

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