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<P>Broadband AR for a Cone of Light</P>
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<P><BR>R < 0.5% for wavelengths 420, 425, 430,..., 680 and for a 40-degree cone
) T) C6 B" B3 Y; [& N, C<P><BR>In TFCalc, these targets are easy to enter by using the "Generate Cone Targets" command on the Options menu of the "Targets - Cone Angle" window. We use TFCalc's needle/tunneling optimization to design the coating from "scratch". That is, we begin the design process with a single thin layer of TiO2 and allow TFCalc to increase the thickness and number of layers in the design. TFCalc finds a 6-layer design in a few minutes. The performance of this design is shown below. The little circles indicate the optimization targets. 4 y5 ^( M. ?6 c2 ]2 K5 g
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SIO2 44.43" b* g( n+ g( B% h3 \- @6 a) o
TIO2 34.99- c! k! H/ w9 a% M- J8 Y
SIO2 28.252 E. q7 }: @4 C
TIO2 30.46& H4 u! l$ s" h( u( m
SIO2 104.92
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