Light scattered by optical coatings: numerical predictions and comparison to experiment for a global analysis

201613 citationsJournal Article

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Myriam Zerrad · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Simona Liukaitytė · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Michel Lequime · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Abstract

Complex optical coatings may present highly disturbed scattering patterns, both spectrally and angularly. We show in this paper how the development of an accurate dedicated metrology allowed the optimization of numerical models. Our prediction is compared to our measurement.

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Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques Optical measurement and interference techniques

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Published in: Applied Optics

Volume 55, Issue 34, pp. 9680-9680

DOI: 10.1364/ao.55.009680

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Light scattered by optical coatings: numerical predictions and comparison to experiment for a global analysis

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