Optical interference coatings-yesterday and today

作     者：Angus Macleod 

作者机构：Thin Film Center Inc 2745 E Via Rotonda Tucson AZ 85716-5227 USA 

出 版 物：《Chinese Optics Letters》 (中国光学快报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第11卷第13期

页      面：1-5页

核心收录：

学科分类：070207[理学-光学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0803[工学-光学工程] 0702[理学-物理学] 

主　　题：240.0310 Thin films 260.3160 Interference 310.1620 Interference coatings 

摘      要：Although they are common in nature and must certainly have been observed by early man, we have to wait till Newton for the first truly scientific study of what we now understand as interference effects in thin films. Young, Fresnel, and Maxwell all contributed and the theory was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. Coatings depending on interference, at this stage, were in their infancy and antireflection and decorative coatings, and color photography were the primary applications. By the middle of the 20th century, the situation had changed completely. Today almost the entire field of optics depends on interference optical coatings. This paper will start with a rapid account of the history and end with a survey of the range of interference coatings that are employed today with a fleeting glimpse of what might be in the future.