CONTINUATION METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS

被引:11
作者
RASTELLO, ML [1 ]
PREMOLI, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TRIESTE,DIPARTIMENTO ELETTROTECN ELETTR & INFORMAT,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 31期
关键词
THIN FILMS; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; FILTERS;
D O I
10.1364/AO.31.006741
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A continuation method for synthesizing antireflection multilayer coatings is presented. It takes into account the family of similar problems constituted by the syntheses of spectrally flat coatings that approximate different transmittance levels in the range 0-1. This method traces a path moving from the transmittance (in air) of the chosen substrate to the full transmittance. Whenever one or more thicknesses become too thin. this path is branched by investigating the existence of other local minima, so several optimal designs characterized by different numbers of layers are obtained. Some examples show the capabilities of the proposed synthesis.
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页码:6741 / 6746
页数:6
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