Optical interference coatings design contest 2007: Triple bandpass filter and nonpolarizing beam splitter

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Tilsch, Markus ^a   Hendrix, Karen ^a  

^a JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PRISMS;

BAND PASS; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN CONTESTS; NONPOLARIZING BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL INTERFERENCE COATINGS; OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY; WIDE SPECTRUM;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 50849103043     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000C55     Document Type: Article

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