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Optical Coatings

Material Aspects in Theory and Practice

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Olaf Stenzel

    1. Fraunhofer Institute IOF, Jena, Germany

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  • Explains the basics of thin film theory
  • Explains the strength and limits of material models for film design
  • Presents nanostructuring and material mixing to offer new degrees of freedom in coating design
  • Instructs to tailor optical material properties to an optimum relevant for the required specification
  • Gives guidance to optimizing the geometrical coating parameters
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences (SSSUR, volume 54)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction

    • Olaf Stenzel
    Pages 1-17

  3. Basics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Basic Knowledge on Optical Constants

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 21-54

    3. Plane Interfaces

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 55-80

    4. Thin Films, Substrates, and Multilayers

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 81-113

  4. Reverse Search Procedures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Experimental Determination of Thin Film Optical Constants

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 117-158

    3. Material Aspects in Coating Design

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 159-183

  5. Basic Coating Materials for UV/VIS Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Oxide Coatings: Porous and Dense Films

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 187-208

    3. Other UV/VIS Coating Materials

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 209-242

  6. Subwavelength- and Nanostructured Coatings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Heterogeneous Coatings: General Remarks

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 245-258

    3. Strongly Porous Materials and Surface Structures

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 259-267

    4. Dielectric Mixtures

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 269-278

    5. Metal Island Films

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 279-315

    6. Concluding Remarks

      • Olaf Stenzel
      Pages 317-319

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 321-378
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Optical coatings, i.e. multilayer stacks composed from a certain number of thin individual layers, are an essential part of any optical system necessary to tailor the properties of the optical surfaces. Hereby, the performance of any optical coating is defined by a well-balanced interplay between the properties of the individual coating materials and the geometrical parameters (such as film thickness) which define their arrangement. In all scientific books dealing with the performance of optical coatings, the main focus is on optimizing the geometrical coating parameters, particularly the number of individual layers and their thickness. At the same time, much less attention is paid to another degree of freedom in coating design, namely the possibility to tailor optical material properties to an optimum relevant for the required specification. This book, on the contrary, concentrates on the material aside of the problem. After a comprehensive review of the basics of thin film theory, traditional optical coating material properties and their relation to the efficiency of coating design methods, emphasis is placed on novel results concerning the application of material mixtures and nanostructured coatings in optical coating theory and practice, including porous layers, dielectric mixtures as well as metal island films for different applications.

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  • Fraunhofer Institute IOF, Jena, Germany

    Olaf Stenzel

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