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Advanced Optical Coatings: From Fabrication to Application

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2023) | Viewed by 4141

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Dr. Paola Zuppella

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National Research Council-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), Rome, Italy
Interests: optical coatings; optical metrology; polarimetry; AFM

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The development of optical coatings experienced rapid growth in the last few decades for a wide range of applications. The strong demand is motivated by the development of new generation sources, large-scale facilities, new lithography arrangements, innovative methods for materials science investigation, biosensors, and instruments for space and solar physics observations.

The idea of the present issue is to review the potentialities of optical coatings, cutting edge achievements in terms of performances and applications, and to evaluate  the currently established metrology methods and their possible advances.

Dr. Paola Zuppella
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • optical coatings
  • optical metrology
  • polarimetry
  • atomic force microscopy
  • reflectometry

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Applicability Assessment of Different Materials for Standards Ensuring Comparability of Optical and Tactile Coordinate Measurements
by Wiktor Harmatys, Piotr Gąska, Adam Gąska, Maciej Gruza, Michał Jedynak, Konrad Kobiela and Michael Marxer
Materials 2022, 15(12), 4128; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15124128 - 10 Jun 2022
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Multisensor CMMs are systems with an established position on the market, but their popularity still grows, as they provide access to the advantages offered by tactile and contactless measurement methods. Yet there are still questions of the comparability of results obtained using the [...] Read more.
Multisensor CMMs are systems with an established position on the market, but their popularity still grows, as they provide access to the advantages offered by tactile and contactless measurement methods. Yet there are still questions of the comparability of results obtained using the optical and tactile operation modes of multisensor system. This phenomenon can be assessed by measuring appropriate gauges, most often reference rings or spheres. Due to the completely different nature of probing processes for tactile and contactless measurements, the material from which reference object is made may significantly affect measurement results. In order to assess the influence of this factor on measurement accuracy, three reference spheres made from different materials were measured on optical multisensor CMMs. Measurements involved tactile measurements as well as optical measurements made using different probing systems: a video probe and white light sensor. Results obtained from performed experiments show large differences depending on the material used for spherical standard production. On the basis of obtained results, it can be stated that the best material for a reference object that can be used for comparability tests of tactile and optical measurements is a composite of alumina with at least one oxidic additive. Full article
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Fabrication of a Chalcogenide Glass Microlens Array for Infrared Laser Beam Homogenization
by Fan Zhang, Qing Yang, Hao Bian, Shaokun Wang, Minjing Li, Xun Hou and Feng Chen
Materials 2021, 14(20), 5952; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14205952 - 10 Oct 2021
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Infrared (IR) microlens arrays (MLA) have attracted increasing interest for use in infrared micro-optical devices and systems. However, the beam homogenization of IR laser light is relatively difficult to achieve because most materials absorb strongly in the IR wavelength band. In this paper, [...] Read more.
Infrared (IR) microlens arrays (MLA) have attracted increasing interest for use in infrared micro-optical devices and systems. However, the beam homogenization of IR laser light is relatively difficult to achieve because most materials absorb strongly in the IR wavelength band. In this paper, we present a new method for the application of double-sided quasi-periodic chalcogenide glass (ChG) MLAs to infrared laser homogenization systems. These are non-regular arrays of closely spaced MLAs. The double-sided MLAs were successfully prepared on the ChG surface using a single-pulse femtosecond laser-assisted chemical etching technique and a precision glass molding technique. More than two million close-packed microlenses on the ChG surface were successfully fabricated within 200 min. By taking advantage of ChG’s good optical performance and transmittance (60%) in the infrared wavelength band (1~11 μm), the homogenization of the IR beam was successfully achieved using the ChG quasi-periodic MLA. Full article
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