The second edition of this reference/text provides insider viewpoints and perspectives unavaliable in any other resource. It offers useful guidelines and tools to produce effective coatings and films, with expanded discussions of design visualization, dense wavelength division multiplexing, new coating equipment, electrochromic and chemically active coatings, ion-assisted deposition, and optical monitoring sensitivity.

Practical Design and Production of Optical Thin Films furnishes real-world examples and know-how, assisting the reader in formulating films and coatings. Topics include the use of design of experiments methodology for process development, optimization, and stabilization; prediction of design performance and reliability; time- and cost-effective procedures in coating production; an introduction to Fourier analysis and synthesis without difficult mathematical concepts and equations; and more.

From the Preface: “This book deals with the basic understanding, design, and practical production of optical thin films, or interference coatings...Emphasis is placed on gaining insight and understanding through viewpoints not found in existing books. The approaches are primarily empirical and graphical. Extensive mathematical derivations have been well covered in other texts, but there remains a need for additional guidance for coating engineers who must design and produce coatings...”

Target Audience: Optical thin film designers, research scientists and technicians; thin film process engineers, production engineers, and operators; optical engineers and designers; and upper-level students in these disciplines.

Brief Table of Contents:

Fundamentals of Thin Film Optics and the Use of Graphical Methods in Thin Film Design

Estimating What Can Be Done Before Designing

Fourier Viewpoint of Optical Coatings

Typical Equipment for Optical Coating Production

Materials and Process Know-How

Process Development

Monitoring and Control of Thin Film Growth

Appendix: Metallic and Semiconductor Material Graphs

Index