Optical Thin Films and Coatings: From Materials to Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials) - Hardcover

9780857095947: Optical Thin Films and Coatings: From Materials to Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857095943 ISBN 13: 9780857095947

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2013

Optical coatings, including mirrors, anti-reflection coatings, beam splitters, and filters, are an integral part of most modern optical systems. Optical thin films and coatings provides an overview of thin film materials, the properties, design and manufacture of optical coatings and their use across a variety of application areas.

Part one explores the design and manufacture of optical coatings. Part two highlights unconventional features of optical thin films including scattering properties of random structures in thin films, optical properties of thin film materials at short wavelengths, thermal properties and colour effects. Part three focusses on novel materials for optical thin films and coatings and includes chapters on organic optical coatings, surface multiplasmonics and optical thin films containing quantum dots. Finally, applications of optical coatings, including laser components, solar cells, displays and lighting, and architectural and automotive glass, are reviewed in part four.

Optical thin films and coatings is a technical resource for researchers and engineers working with optical thin films and coatings, professionals in the security, automotive, space and other industries requiring an understanding of these topics, and academics interested in the field.

An overview of the materials, properties, design and manufacture of thin films
Special attention is given to the unconventional features and novel materials of optical thin films
Reviews applications of optical coatings including laser components, solar cells, glasing, displays and lighting

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About the Author:

Dr Angela Piegari is Head of the Optical Coatings Laboratory at ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Italy.

Fran�ois Flory is Professor at Ecole Centrale Marseille and performs his research at the Institut Mat�riaux, Microelectronique et Nanosciences de Provence, France.

Review:

"This book presents the reader with a delightful stroll through a wealth of diverse topics relating to optical thin films and coatings, including applications to mirrors, beam splitters and filters. The text’s numerous illustrations and examples provide the target audience of researchers, graduate students and engineers with a rich technical resource."--Optics & Photonics News online, April 9, 2014

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