Handbook of Optical Metrology, 2nd Edition

28	Optical Thin Film and Coatings
Cheng-Chung Lee and Shigetaro Ogura

CONTENTS

28.1  Introduction

28.2  Basic Theory

28.3  Some Typical Filters and Their Design Principles

28.3.1  Antireflection Coating

28.3.2  High Reflection Coating

28.3.3  Long-Wave Pass and Short-Wave Pass Filters

28.3.4  Band-Pass Filter

28.3.5  Band-Stop Filter (Rugate Filter)

28.3.6  Polarizer

28.4  Optical Monitoring

28.5  Characterization of a Coated Film from Optical Measurements

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28.1    INTRODUCTION

Optical thin films are widely used in optics and photonics. Not only do they improve the optical performance of high-quality optical devices but they are also, of a key part their operations. Indeed, without optical thin films it might be impossible ...