EFFICIENT REFINEMENT ALGORITHM FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF INHOMOGENEOUS OPTICAL COATINGS

Authors
VERLY PG TIKHONRAVOV AV TRUBETSKOV MK
Citation
Pg. Verly et al., EFFICIENT REFINEMENT ALGORITHM FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF INHOMOGENEOUS OPTICAL COATINGS, Applied optics, 36(7), 1997, pp. 1487-1495
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1487 - 1495
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:7<1487:ERAFTS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
An efficient first-order algorithm with an exact calculation of the gr adients is described and applied to the refinement of inhomogeneous di electric thin films. Numerical results calculated at normal and obliqu e angles of incidence are correlated with an important mathematical th eorem. It is shown that, when appropriate conditions are satisfied, th e synthesis process generates binary-type solutions based on two mater ials, including classical multilayers. (C) 1997 Optical Society of Ame rica.