Gradient index antireflection coatings on glass containing plasma-etched organic layers

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1259-1265

  Schulz, Ulrike ^a   Rickelt, Friedrich ^a   Ludwig, Henning ^a   Munzert, Peter ^a   Kaiser, Norbert ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; GLASS; INORGANIC COATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMA ETCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES;

BROADBAND AR COATINGS; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; GRADIENT INDEXES; INORGANIC MATERIALS; NANO-STRUCTURED LAYER; PLASMA ETCHING PROCESS; POLYMER SUBSTRATE; VACUUM COATING SYSTEM;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

EID: 84947566328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.5.001259     Document Type: Article

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