Practical Design and Production of Optical Thin Films (Optical Engineering, 79) (Hardcover)

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Particularly useful for manufacturing technicians and engineers is the information on the characterization of thin films … . Also useful are the chapters on the physical properties of many common materials used in the fabrication of thin film coatings. … The author has done a nice job of mixing explanations with helpful charts, graphs and figures. … Well-written and generally easy to understand and follow, the book will be very useful to anyone who designs or builds optical thin films.
- Optics & Photonics News, Sept. 2003, Vol. 14, No. 9

Particularly useful for manufacturing technicians and engineers is the information on the characterization of thin films … . Also useful are the chapters on the physical properties of many common materials used in the fabrication of thin film coatings. … The author has done a nice job of mixing explanations with helpful charts, graphs and figures. … Well-written and generally easy to understand and follow, the book will be very useful to anyone who designs or builds optical thin films.
- Optics & Photonics News, Sept. 2003, Vol. 14, No. 9

This book offers the reader practical concepts, understanding, and approaches to use modern computer tools to get better design results. … The book is well known by specialists all around the world and serves not only as a handbook, but also as a tutorial text for those new in the field and as a reference for those with long experience.
- Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, Vol. 115, No. 10, 2004

This book offers the reader practical concepts, understanding, and approaches to use modern computer tools to get better design results. … The book is well known by specialists all around the world and serves not only as a handbook, but also as a tutorial text for those new in the field and as a reference for those with long experience.
- Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, Vol. 115, No. 10, 2004

Product Description
Contains expanded discussions on design visualization, dense wavelength division multiplexing, new coating, equipment, electrochromatic and chemically active coatings, ion-assisted deposition, and optical monitoring sensitivity.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 568 pages
• Publisher: CRC; 2 edition (July 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824708490
• ISBN-13: 978-0824708498
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars One indispensable volume for a thin film maker, November 2, 2002

By	"martian103" (Kyoto Japan) - See all my reviews

Almost all knowledges about the manufacturing of an optical thin film are coverd.Especially bibliograpy is substantial.Although most required things have gathered, they are good.About the theoretical portion of the characteristic of a thin film, explanation is by for beginners a little.Although there is nothing, since there are some which explained it mostly, they do not become a problem.
As the 2nd book,it is indispensable to those who are going to study the optical thin film.
In a thin film maker's bookshelf,It is one volume which should be equipped with and placed.