Robust synthesis of dispersive mirrors

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2371-2380

  Pervak, V ^a,b   Trubetskov, M K ^c   Tikhonravov, A V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ULTRAFAST INNOVATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

ROBUST DESIGNS; ROBUST SYNTHESIS; SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

MIRRORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79851498071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.002371     Document Type: Article

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