Practical Design of Optical Thin Films, Fifth Edition

Download or read book Practical Design of Optical Thin Films, Fifth Edition written by Ronald R Willey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the basic fundamentals, understanding, and design of optical thin films, or interference coatings for practical production. It focuses on one of the main subjects that is critical to meeting the practical challenges of producing optical coatings. This is the design of coatings, an understanding of which allows the practitioner to know the possibilities and limitations involved in reducing, enhancing, or otherwise controlling the reflection, transmission, and absorption of light (visible or otherwise). This Fifth Edition now includes measurement of index, thickness, and color; the determination of tooling factors; and the programming of Macros, Workbooks, and FilmStar Basic.