Some Current Directions In The Development Of Optical Materials

Solomon Musikant

doi:10.1117/12.935469

18 September 1983 Some Current Directions In The Development Of Optical Materials

Solomon Musikant

Proceedings Volume 0400, New Optical Materials; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935469
Event: 1983 International Technical Conference/Europe, 1983, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

This paper samples the current open literature in order to delineate trends in advanced optical materials. Recent symposia on this general subject have been sponsored by the Society of Photo-optical and Instrumentation Engineers (1981, 1982, and the current 1983 meeting) and an analysis of these papers has been made along with other related publications. Significant development is evident in ultraviolet and infrared transmitting materials, laser windows, special glasses, glasses for fiber optics, improved resistance of optical materials to a variety of stressful environments, and improved optical blacks. Interest in scattering and reduction of scattering in bulk optical materials and from surfaces continues to be a subject of research. Improved instruments for measuring scattering are in development. Additional current optical materials technology thrusts are described.

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Solomon Musikant "Some Current Directions In The Development Of Optical Materials", Proc. SPIE 0400, New Optical Materials, (18 September 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935469

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