Thin-Film Optical Filters (Broché)

This book is quite simply the Bible for the field of optical thin films. It gives the most complete introduction to thin film optical coatings addressed to manufacturers and users alike.This fifth edition offers a complete update on current design, manufacture, performance, and applications. New topics include absorbers and coherent perfect absorbers, photonic crystals, and metamaterials for optical coating.The author has also made substantial additions on scattering, composite materials, wire grid polarizers, laser damage, and applications.