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Thin Film Coating Examples

TFCalc is capable of designing multilayer coatings for many applications. To aid the designer, 36 sample designs are included with TFCalc.

Edge Filters

There are two types of edge filters: Long Wave Pass and Short Wave Pass. In the long wave pass filter, the goal is to minimize transmission below a given wavelength and maximize transmission above it. These designs are usually based on a quarter-wave stack (HL)^p, which has a well-defined transition from reflecting to transmitting. Sometimes absorbing materials are used to increase the optical density of the non-reflecting (rejection) band of the filter. In the short wave pass filter, the goal is to minimize transmission above a given wavelength and maximize transmission below it.

The graphic below shows the performance of a 37-layer short wave pass filter.

Plot of edge-filter performance