Optical Interference Filters Using Matlab - Softcover

Teare, Scott W.

 
9781510623125: Optical Interference Filters Using Matlab

Synopsis

Optical Interference Filters Using MATLABŪ provides a foundation for the development of MATLAB code for simulating the performance of thin-film optical structures that can be combined to make interference filters. MATLAB has excellent calculation and visualization capabilities that together are well aligned to the matrix methods commonly used for thin-film calculations. The simulations developed in this book begin with filters based on simple dielectric materials both with and without dispersion. Building on the discussion of these simple filters, simulations are next developed for metal-layer-based induced-transmission filters, and finally for complete thin-film interference filters. Readers ranging from students to practicing scientists and engineers will find that these simulations work well in conjunction with other textbooks in the field, or they can stand alone. The ability to generate custom programs and tune them to explore specific features of optical interference filters is anticipated to enhance the designer's understanding and appreciation of the subtleties involved in filter design.

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About the Author

Scott W. Teare is professor of Electrical Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering and optics. He is an active researcher in the areas of optics, high-voltage interactions with energetic materials, and ballistics and physics-based modeling. He has authored or coauthored more than 100 technical papers, has published four previous books with SPIE Press, and was awarded four U.S. patents. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Guelph, Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Association of Physicists and the Royal Astronomical Society, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Fellow of SPIE. He volunteers with ABET on the Board of Delegates representing SPIE, and is currently on the Fulbright Specialist Roster.

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