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Starting designs for the computer optimization of optical coatings
Applied Optics
|November 6, 2010
Abstract:
Several generic starting designs are used for the computer optimization of multilayer optical coatings. The first is a stack of many thin layers. Another, which is applicable to the needle-layer optimization method, is at least one thick layer. Examples include the following coatings: antireflection, beam divider, enhanced metallic reflector, dark mirror, and total internal reflection with prescribed differential phase shift.

