Progress in optical coatings

Angus Macleod

doi:10.1117/12.902316

16 September 2011 Progress in optical coatings

Angus Macleod

Proceedings Volume 8168, Advances in Optical Thin Films IV; 816802 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.902316
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2011, Marseille, France

Abstract

The field of optical coating is as large as the field of optics itself. Virtually every optical surface in every optical instrument benefits from a coating that assures its correct optical properties. In this role optical coating is known as an enabling technology because coatings enable the performance of optical systems. However there are also applications where the optical coating itself plays the leading role by defining the technology. Anticounterfeiting devices, sensitive detectors of miniscule amounts of material, certain display systems, are some examples. The field is huge and beyond even this conference completely to cover. This account, therefore, picks just a few topics mostly of particular interest to the author and follows some of the progress made in them over the years.

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Angus Macleod "Progress in optical coatings", Proc. SPIE 8168, Advances in Optical Thin Films IV, 816802 (16 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.902316

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