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The field of optical thin films continues to expand at a rapid rate in both
commercial application and technology. As individuals and as a technical
community, we continue to gain new understanding as new tools, techniques,
processes, and experimental results become available. Since the publication of the
first edition, enough new material has become available to warrant a new edition
with expanded usefulness for the reader.
Some of the areas of expansion and addition include: new design
visualization and optimization techniques, coating equipment updates, a review of
spectral measuring equipment and techniques, a significantly expanded materials
section, further ion-assisted and energetic process experience, more detail on and
examples of design of experiments methodology, expanded understanding of
optical monitoring sensitivity, the use of constrained optimization to promote
more reproducible designs, consideration of the rapidly expanding dense
wavelength division multiplexing applications of optical coatings, and new
simulations of the error compensation effects available in optical monitoring with
associated tolerance estimations.
This book continues to serve as a tutorial text for those new to the field and
as a reference for those with long experience. |
