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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 659642, 6 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/659642
Research Article

Novel Robust Design Method of Multilayer Optical Coatings

Suyong Wu, Xingwu Long, and Kaiyong Yang

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.

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