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    Area of Science:

    • Materials Science
    • Optical Engineering
    • Thin Film Technology

    Background:

    • Antireflection coatings are crucial for enhancing light transmission in optical systems.
    • Developing stable and efficient antireflection coatings remains an active area of research.
    • Existing coatings, like cerium fluoride (CeF3)-MgF2, may suffer from stability issues.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To fabricate and characterize a novel two-layer antireflection coating.
    • To evaluate the optical performance and stability of the new coating.
    • To compare the performance with existing antireflection coating technologies.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of a two-layer coating with a ZnS-MgF2 homogeneous mixture as the inner layer and MgF2 as the outer layer.
    • Measurement of the coating's transmittance spectrum.
    • Comparison of experimental transmittance with theoretical calculations and existing coatings.

    Main Results:

    • The fabricated ZnS-MgF2 coating exhibited high transmittance.
    • The performance was found to be comparable to a less stable CeF3-MgF2 coating.
    • Measured peak transmittance values closely matched theoretical predictions.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed two-layer ZnS-MgF2 antireflection coating offers a stable and effective alternative.
    • The fabrication method is viable for producing high-performance optical coatings.
    • Experimental results validate the theoretical design of the antireflection coating.