This filter simulates the photopic response of the human eye to relatively bright light. In the plot below, the circles indicate the design targets -- the desired transmission of the filter.
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) y9 Q' E! S% ^: D6 \' ^4 L This design is for normal incidence on a BK7 (ordinary) glass substrate. Two materials are used: SiO2 and TiO2. Starting with a thin, one-layer design, TFCalc's needle/tunneling method produced a sequence of 11 designs of increasing complexity. The design (whose performance is shown above) consists of 32 layers. It matches the entire photopic response curve to within 1%. Phil Baumeister notes that the design can be improved (or simplified) by using a glass whose transmission cuts off near 700 nm.
" g3 Y" K3 G3 L7 s7 \2 o9 nHere is the design, with the first layer closest to the substrate and thickness given in nm:
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TIO2 10.09
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( S4 e$ w" ?, r SIO2 118.20
& [8 c/ K) Q3 N2 r0 i TIO2 87.90* D& x) o2 N$ s0 S4 |
SIO2 128.88: o! q: d! C8 V
TIO2 82.48
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SIO2 112.35% K9 D0 G& g% |( k7 y8 _0 P e2 q
TIO2 89.57
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# ^# r# l& J, L7 r* r% H TIO2 21.45) m# a# q- ?7 s$ C
SIO2 103.04+ ^: n% s5 p4 x3 G: P
TIO2 59.41 _! i+ ^( ?- L
SIO2 32.45
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SIO2 98.82
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SIO2 68.84
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8 R" N7 \4 j: N6 W6 q1 N SIO2 84.442 X7 U+ k0 ^' f
TIO2 43.02
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TIO2 39.34 |