Double-angle multilayer mirrors with smooth dispersion characteristics

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 7943-7951

  Pervak, V ^a   Ahmad, I ^b   Trubetskov, M K ^c   Tikhonravov, A V ^c   Krausz, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; GROUP DELAY; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; BROADBAND DISPERSION; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; MULTI-LAYER MIRRORS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; SPECTRAL OSCILLATIONS;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 66449124187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007943     Document Type: Article

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