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Informationen zum Autor Dr Angela Piegari is Head of the Optical Coatings Laboratory at ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies! Energy and Sustainable Economic Development)! Italy. Fran ois Flory is Professor at Ecole Centrale Marseille and performs his research at the Institut Mat riaux! Micro lectronique et Nanosciences de Provence! France. Klappentext Optical thin films and coatings provides an overview of thin film materials! the properties! design and manufacture of optical coatings and their use across a variety of application areas. Zusammenfassung Optical thin films and coatings provides an overview of thin film materials! the properties! design and manufacture of optical coatings and their use across a variety of application areas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Design and manufacturing of optical thin films and coatings: Recent developments in deposition techniques for optical thin films and coatings; Design of complex optical coatings; Optical monitoring strategies for optical coating manufacturing; Production strategies for high precision optical coatings. Part 2 Unconventional features of optical thin films and coatings: Complex materials with plasmonic effects for optical thin film applications; Scattering properties of random structures in thin films; Optical properties of thin film materials at short wavelengths; Controlling thermal radiation from surfaces in optical thin films; Color in optical coatings. Part 3 Novel materials for optical thin films and coatings: Organic optical coatings; Surface multiplasmonics with periodically non-homogeneous thin films; Optical thin films containing quantum dots. Part 4 Applications of optical thin films and coatings: Optical coatings on plastic for antireflection purposes; Protective coatings for optical surfaces; Optical coatings for displays and lighting; Innovative approaches in thin film photovoltaic cells; Optical coatings for security and authentication devices; Optical coatings for high-intensity femtosecond lasers; Optical coatings for large facilities; Optical coatings for automotive and building applications; Transparent conductive thin films; Optical coatings in the space environment. ...
