Development Of Optical Coatings Research Articles

Recent status of optical coating technology and application in China

In this paper the development of optical coatings on glass and plastics in China has been reviewed. The emphases are laid on industrial applications in China, such as optical coatings on sheet glasses for architectural applications, ophthalmic coatings on glass and plastic lenses, various optical coatings for optical and magnetic data storage disks, and also for optoelectronic components in optical communication and panel displays. The Chinese market development trends of mentioned above applications are discussed.

Damage resistance of coated optics

Successful application of high energy lasers to national needs in strategic defense, inertial confinement fusion and isotope separation is contingent on the development of optical coatings that can withstand very intense radiation. Significant progress has been made in the development of damage resistant coatings over the past 15 years to support the needs of the inertial confinement fusion and isotope separation programs. However, the requirements evolving from the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) are much more severe and demand dramatic improvements in the performance of optical coatings beyond the current state of the art. The approach taken at Los Alamos towards solving the problems of optical coatings for SDI is presented.

Some aspects of optical coatings in China: a brief description of research work in Zhejiang University

The development of optical coatings in China is outlined. A brief description is given of some of the research now being carried out at Zhejiang University. The emphasis is on measurement of refractive-index inhomogeneity of ZnS,ZnSe films by ellipsometry and on the production of stabilized ZnS/cryolite filters by electric-field-assisted deposition.