Optical coating design approaches based on the needle optimization technique

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 704-710

  Tikhonravov, A V ^a   Trubetskov, M K ^a   DeBell, G W ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MLD Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; SET THEORY;

DESIGN METRIC; MANUFACTURABLE DESIGNS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES;

OPTICAL COATINGS;

EID: 33947163130     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.000704     Document Type: Article

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