Evolutionary Design, Deposition and Characterization Techniques for Interference Optical Thin-Film Multilayer Coatings and Devices

Abstract

Nano and subnanometric thin-film multilayer interference optical coatings and devices have been playing key as well as essential roles in the manipulation and transport of electromagnetic radiations in various areas of applications such as lasers, telecommunications, smart windows, astronomy, aerospace, environmental monitoring, display, lighting, etc. There are surmounting challenges in the field of optical coatings due to increasing demands of optics in various fields, therefore innovative millstones are continuously explored, especially in investigations on complex multilayer design of challenging filters, development of advance deposition and characterization techniques, searching of news materials, and tuning of microstructure of thin-film coatings. This book chapter presents the overview of recent trends in design, deposition and characterization methods relevant to multilayer optical coatings.