Basics of OPTICS OF MULTILAYER SYSTEMS |@+/R .l
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Preface……………………………………………………………………….………..……….4 9 :ubPqt
Chapter 1 8vK$]e36
SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTILAYER COATINGS: $$tFP"pZ
THEORY……………………………………………………………………………………….5 X>$s>})Y
1.1 Electromagnetic field in layered media; spectral characteristics of layered media…5 lO>9Q]S<
1.1.1 Layered medium electromagnetic field equations………………………………...5 3 utv
1.1.2 Amplitude transmittance and reflectance of the layered medium……………….12 6N<v&7cSB
1.1.3 The Fresnel formulas ……………………………………………………………18 q9^6A90
1.1.4 Other ways of determining amplitude transmittance and reflectance of the Hy9c<X[F9
layered medium…………………………………………………………………..19 \D<w:\P
1.1.5 Transmittance, reflectance and absorptance …………………………………….20 /ta5d;@
1.2 Principal recurrent methods for calculating layered media spectral coefficients…22 0<n*8t?A-
1.2.1 Matrix calculating method ………………………………………………………22 PE\.J U
1.2.2 Description of optical coating and presentation of calculation results…………..28 uDWxIP,m
1.2.3 Recurrent formulas for the amplitude transmittance and reflectance……………30 /M3UK
1.2.4 Approximate formulas…………………………………………………………...33 U=G}@Y
1.2.5 Other recurrent methods…………………………………………………………34 E;vF
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1.2.6 The admittance phase plane……………………………………………………...38 .Z0$KQ'iy
1.3 Some common properties of multilayer coatings…………………………………….46 h,(f3Ik0O
1.3.1 The relation between the characteristic matrix and spectral coefficients of a ]DO~7p[
multilayer coating ……………………………………………………………….47 1>pFUf|cV
1.3.2 Relations between spectral characteristics for the direct and reverse waves ……51 Wj}PtQ%lp/
1.3.3 Transmittance and reflectance of the combination of two multilayer '@WpJ{]A
subsystems ……………………………………………………………………....54 #j?SdQ
1.4 The multilayer coatings optical properties: impact of variations in the layer >B~vE2^tQ~
parameters……………………………………………………………………………...58 6~rO(
1.4.1 Spectral coefficients derivatives with respect to layer parameters …...………… Uh tk`2O
1.4.2 Impact of the layer parameter errors on the multilayer coatings spectral f-BEfC,}'
coefficients: probability assessment method ……………………….…………...63 @|i
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1.4.3 Multilayer coating spectral properties: influence of separate layer parameter .GM}3(1fX`
variations ………………………………………………………………………...66 O.HaEg/-
1.5 Multilayer periodic systems. Quarter-wave dielectric mirrors……………………..68 0Gr ^#`
1.5.1 Characteristic matrix of a periodic multilayer system …………………………..69 xyvG+K&
1.5.2 Quarter-wave mirror properties at the central wavelength ……………………...72 U^@8ebv
1.5.3 Width of the quarter-wave mirror high-reflectance zones ………………………76 }R\9ybv
1.5.4 Principal properties of a quarter-wave dielectric mirror in the proximity to the jO9w7u6
central wavelength ………………………………………………………………80 \GFFPCi4D
1.5.5 Dielectric mirrors on a metal substrate ………………………………………….84 97]$*&fH
1.6 Approximate formulas for dielectric narrow bandpass filters ……………………..88 DJGq=*
1.6.1 Common expressions for spectral coefficients of filter-type systems near central TA"4yri=7x
wavelength ………………………………………………………………………88 -{=c T?"+
1.6.2 Research of narrow bandpass filters with a half-wave central layer ……………92 $UX^$gG
Chapter 2 1yg5d9
SYNTHESIS OF MULTILAYER OPTICAL COATINGS ……………………...97 5e|2b] f$
2.1 Synthesis methods based on merit function optimization …………………………...98 9cO
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2.1.1 Merit function selection …………………………………………………………98 *}n)KK7aT
2.1.2 Merit function optimization ……………………………………………………101 ]%4rL
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2.1.3 General pattern of the synthesis and the problem of the starting design choice .108
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2.2 Synthesis method based on the needle-like variations of the refractive index ……114 <8SRt-Cr
2.2.1 Needle-like variations of the refractive index ………………………………….115 n G+ L'SmI
2.2.2 The principal idea of the method ………………………………………………119 Onqd2'%<
2.2.3 Description of the method ……………………………………………………...124 @ a$HJ:
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