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ISRN Optics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 659642, 6 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/659642
Novel Robust Design Method of Multilayer Optical Coatings
Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Received 16 November 2011; Accepted 3 January 2012
Academic Editors: D. Monzon-Hernandez and A. A. Sukhorukov
Copyright © 2012 Suyong Wu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
We present a novel fast robust design method of multilayer optical coatings. The sensitivity of optical films to production errors is controlled in the whole optimization design procedure. We derive an analytical calculation model for fast robust design of multilayer optical coatings. We demonstrate its effectiveness by successful application of the robust design method to a neutral beam splitter. It is showed that the novel robust design method owns an inherent fast computation characteristic and the designed film is insensitive to the monitoring thickness errors in deposition process. This method is especially of practical significance to improve the mass production yields and repetitive production of high-quality optical coatings.