[size=+3]Wide Infrared Bandpass Filter
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: f( w" s; l# Z4 \( P$ aThis coating is for light at normal incidence on a germanium substrate (index 4). The requirements are: I6 n5 N8 ?- X: ^
A. Transmittance 99% for wavelengths 3300-5000 nm
4 f( {: n+ P5 Z$ b! oC. Transmittance Second, starting with a single thin layer, the needle/tunneling method was used to create a 17-layer short-wave pass filter using requirements B and C. The performance is shown below.
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5 c; `' s' L1 E1 o6 e. [ Third, experience shows that it is best to place the short-wave pass filter closest to the substrate and then to append the long-wave pass filter. (The needle/tunneling method "discovers" this fact when the brute-force approach is used.) Before optimizing, the performance is: % }1 q$ u" Z: C4 |0 E3 d5 |
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After optimizing this design, the final performance is: & F0 \: i5 F" V' _9 `7 e
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Here are the designs, with the first layer closest to the substrate and thickness given in nm. With a little more work, it may be possible to eliminated some thin layers. ( p# @# \$ \/ B/ k* K
Short Long Bandpass3 n; t: ]& g8 }0 A) d$ @# {
ZnS 83.39 97.330 @* D; S" o G5 z% C; |7 v! C
Ge 48.25 48.603 g7 g4 }6 R! `" y6 ]
ZnS 756.31 761.47' N2 s& q7 y8 T& t8 D
Ge 403.51 412.85
+ x6 U& g+ b4 o2 b- F ZnS 710.33 720.06 f1 K. @# Y, A. }! p
Ge 377.93 382.28
0 _! a. e8 L" G4 S- V3 ] ZnS 696.05 705.035 [$ b6 c# a6 V& N
Ge 370.17 370.42
8 u' s7 O; S: f6 Y) q6 f% V* s% ? ZnS 696.91 709.26
/ Z% }% r3 A' X Ge 365.05 358.23. W9 O7 Y' ^' m5 l
ZnS 705.00 718.52% Z/ @& @: n7 P% D/ O- Z
Ge 361.44 353.08
$ ^& w2 n7 g# L2 V( n ZnS 719.03 724.86
2 U. G# o. e5 x3 T' S/ e Ge 360.53 360.01
5 a2 f3 @ z! [; Z4 {( x" ~& S# N ZnS 751.56 710.47
1 z. B# ~ P, c0 y0 Q Ge 328.61 398.52
# ?/ C4 `; t! p) q8 X/ V ZnS 369.01 158.71 564.95
4 P5 H, Z; ?6 T! j9 P* u& _+ a2 A- S Ge 124.38 40.793 U( ~$ D3 D$ f9 J. u3 ]
ZnS 260.14 224.72 b4 b1 c0 u8 y5 N; M
Ge 78.55 125.31 k* q, j5 s; D: Y
ZnS 149.33 133.58
! E' h! I& I' I. n Ge 102.25 98.28
^8 x7 w" n- T8 R* |, Z ZnS 235.97 268.218 Q% V! F, Y$ } z( Z) r7 g* F* y
Ge 145.53 138.25
0 W/ a0 l0 P9 t5 e5 g6 O ZnS 279.07 238.011 t% d8 ]9 O) y# r: c2 m+ }- ?
Ge 128.80 125.483 D- W( x4 g# L. b& ~ f& W
ZnS 196.52 232.65
5 I. E" c! B# O* e0 { Ge 67.11 68.541 M( h' k& Q9 ?+ Z- H: ~
ZnS 159.26 168.55- a7 R) w( C9 j8 p+ j
Ge 132.16 150.14& I0 P- k8 d5 |" e0 m/ ?1 ^7 ? {
ZnS 271.50 254.28' t8 S0 H2 u9 q
Ge 144.32 125.25
0 x8 ?) h/ P4 _5 h ZnS 281.93 307.19
; A6 [6 t0 ~1 i/ N4 p5 W1 L Ge 149.33 165.16$ }4 q+ E% Y4 J; O" P
ZnS 278.65 256.222 M$ f7 ~4 n/ E8 v: h
Ge 140.79 133.04
. @3 w+ [4 B8 l* a/ I; X2 v2 H ZnS 271.93 289.60* W- c, T. ]) A5 U m
Ge 147.16 147.63
6 @* O$ Z3 R& P% ? ZnS 276.89 266.04
x: v0 [, k3 T, P Ge 138.39 134.34( `- j7 n/ h+ k. |$ d
ZnS 271.52 265.606 k9 L0 g1 N$ j' Y7 E4 Q
Ge 152.12 156.86
; B9 p# Y1 i) o* q2 e& W ZnS 291.92 294.15
! f# _; z9 _! a8 _ Ge 135.69 123.17
8 x" K! w6 U# ~7 K5 H ZnS 249.93 250.12
7 e- f! }, n( N; i& F% y' X8 y4 O Ge 166.98 178.96 b- Z9 d+ ^) j; m9 ]2 O; R
ZnS 553.73 528.64 |