Mechanical characteristics of optical coatings prepared by various techniques: A comparative study

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2670-2679

  Klemberg Sapieha, Jolanta E ^a   Oberste Berghaus, Jörg ^a   Martinu, Ludvik ^a   Blacker, Richard ^b   Stevenson, Ian ^c   Sadkhin, George ^c   Morton, Dale ^c   McEldowney, Scott ^d   Klinger, Robert ^d   Martin, Phil J ^e   Court, Nadia ^e   Dligatch, Svetlana ^e   Gross, Mark ^e   Netterfield, Roger P ^e  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Veeco Telecommunications   (United States)

^c Denton Vacuum LLC   (United States)

^d JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

^e Division of Telecommunications   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEGUIDES;

ION FLUX; MELTING POINT; OPTHALMIC LENSES; WEAR TESTING;

OPTICAL COATINGS;

EID: 2442598107     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002670     Document Type: Article

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