Optical Interference Coatings

Interference coatings are an essential part of modern optics. This book is designed to give a concise but complete overview of the field, with contributions written by leading experts in the various areas. Topics include design, materials, film growth, deposition including large area, characterization and monitoring, and mechanical stress. The authors also describe applications in astronomy, microcomponents, DUV/VUV, EUV/X, ultrafast optics, displays, and ultrasensitive fluorescence. Furthermore, laser-resistant coatings and coatings for free-electron lasers and plastic optics are covered. The book concludes with chapters on photonic structures as interference devices and on the brilliant world of natural coatings.

List of contents

Natural Coatings.- Photonic Structures as Interference Devices.- Some Fundamentals of Optical Thin Film Growth.- Design of Optical Coatings.- Coating Materials.- Film Deposition Methods.- Large Area Deposition.- Characterisation and Monitoring.- Mechanical Stress in Optical Coatings.- Optical Thin Films for Micro-Components.- Optical Coatings for the DUV/VUV.- Multilayer Coatings for EUV/Soft X-ray Mirrors.- Laser Resistant Coatings.- Coatings for UV- Free Electron Lasers.- Optical Coatings on Plastics.- Interference Coatings for Ultrafast Optics.- Optical Coatings for Displays.- Optical Thin Films for Spontaneous Emission Control.- Epilogue.- Biographies.

Summary

Interference coatings are an essential part of modern optics. This book is designed to give a concise but complete overview of the field, with contributions written by leading experts in the various areas. Topics include design, materials, film growth, deposition including large area, characterization and monitoring, and mechanical stress. The authors also describe applications in astronomy, microcomponents, DUV/VUV, EUV/X, ultrafast optics, displays, and ultrasensitive fluorescence. Furthermore, laser-resistant coatings and coatings for free-electron lasers and plastic optics are covered. The book concludes with chapters on photonic structures as interference devices and on the brilliant world of natural coatings.

Product details

• Assisted by: K Pulker (Editor), K Pulker (Editor), N. Kaiser (Editor), Norber Kaiser (Editor), Norbert Kaiser (Editor), Hans K. Pulker (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2003
• EAN: 9783540003649
• ISBN: 978-3-540-00364-9
• No. of pages: 503
• Weight: 992 g
• Illustrations: XV, 503 p. 371 illus., 12 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences; Springer Series in Optical Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; Laser, B, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Microwaves, RF Engineering and Optical Communications, Lasers, Testing of materials, Characterization and Analytical Technique, Materials science, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Physics and Astronomy, Materials—Surfaces, Surface chemistry & adsorption, Thin films, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film, Photonics, Applied optics, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Optical engineering, Microwaves, Microwave technology