Focus on Special Features

• Optimization Overview
• Needle Optimization
• Needle/Tunneling Optimization
• Electric Field Intensity
• Sensitivity to Manufacturing Errors
• Layer Sensitivity
• Color Sensitivity
• Biconical Transmittance
• Optical Monitoring
• Determining Refractive Index (N and K)
• Sources of Material Data

Needle Optimization

Needle optimization is a powerful method for designing multilayer coatings. It works by adding zero-thickness layers at precise locations in the design, and then allowing those new layers to grow (using local optimization). This procedure may be repeated until there are no locations where a new layer can grow. When this occurs, the final design is called “optimal”.