Practical Design and Production of Optical Thin Films

Providing insider viewpoints and perspectives unavailable in any other text this book presents useful guidelines and tools to produce effective coatings and films. Covering subjects ranging from materials selection and process development to successful system construction and optimization it contains expanded discussions on design visualization dense wavelength division multiplexing new coating equipment electrochromic and chemically active coatings ion-assisted deposition and optical monitoring sensitivity. Furnishing real-world examples and know-how the book introduces Fourier analysis and synthesis without difficult mathematical concepts and equations.