Thin-Film Design: Modulated Thickness and Other Stopband Design Methods

by Bruce Perilloux

Overview

This text is written for thin-film designers and students with advanced knowledge of multilayer, optical thin-film coatings. It focuses specifically on coatings that havehigh reflectance performance requirements in more than one spectral wavelength band or region. Many advanced optical systems that employ optical thin-film coatings rely on the performance attributes of multiple spectral bands. Several new analytical design methods are presented in this text that produce multiple stopbands as well as passbands. These analytical design methods produce discrete thin-film designs that will, in most cases, achieve specifications without any re- finement of the design. If needed, the spectral performance of these analytical designs could be improved via common computer refinement algorithms. The theory of each design method in this text is presented along with design examples. Relatively basic exercises are provided for students as well as challenging ones for researchers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819445254
Publisher:	SPIE Press
Publication date:	10/28/2002
Series:	Tutorial Text Series
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)