Applied Optics Feature Announcement
Optical Interference Coatings
Submissions Open: 15 July 2016
Submission Deadline: 30 August 2016
This feature issue in Applied Optics is based on the OSA topical meeting on Optical Interference Coatings (OIC), to be held in Tucson, Arizona, USA from 19–24 June 2016. While meeting participants are particularly encouraged to submit their work, this feature issue is open to all contributions. All papers need to present original, previously unpublished work, and will be subject to the normal standards and peer-review process of the journals. To be eligible for publication, any paper from an OIC participant needs to add substantial and/or significant new information to the original conference summary.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following areas:
- Design of Coatings
- Computer and analytical design techniques
- Computational manufacturing
- Design of coatings for polarization control
- Multilayers and structured surfaces
- Structured and waveguide coatings
- Deposition Process and Technologies
- Process control, monitoring, and automation
- Low and high energy deposition techniques
- Industrial sputtered metal and dielectric coatings
- Pulsed deposition processes
- Novel deposition methods
- Substrate cleaning, coating post-treatment techniques and contamination
- Coating and Substrate Materials
- Smart materials (nonlinear, electrochromic, electroluminescent, metamaterial, etc.)
- Multifunctional coatings
- Organic coatings
- Metal coatings
- Transparent conductive coatings
- Composite material coatings
- Novel coating and substrate materials
- Characterization and Properties of Coatings and Substrates
- Fundamental simulation of thin film growth
- Simulation of microstructures and properties
- Optical and diffractive properties
- Transmittance, reflectance, and phase
- Scattering, absorption, and birefringence
- Micro and nanostructure properties
- Mechanical and tribological properties
- Color and luminescence
- Stress, adhesion, and cohesion
- Thermal properties
- Environmental stability
- Laser induced damage
- Optical and non-optical thin film characterization techniques
- Postproduction characterization
- In-situ real time characterization and reoptimization
- Applications and Trends
- Coatings for solar utilization, environmental control, energy management
- Coatings for nanostructures and photonic crystals
- Coatings for Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (M'OEMS)
- Coatings for displays and lighting applications
- Coatings for biological and medical applications
- Coatings for astronomical, space, aerospace, and defence applications
- Coatings for short wavelengths EUV, XUV, UV
- Coatings for visible wavelengths
- Coatings for near and far IR spectral regions
- Coatings for polarization management
- Coatings for security and decorative applications
- Coatings for telecommunication components
- Coatings for ophthalmology
- Coatings on plastics and flexible substrates
- Coatings for automotive applications
- Coatings for ultra-fast lasers and phase coatings
- Coatings for novel advanced applications
- Coatings for architectures
- Coatings for optical sensors
- Functional coatings
All manuscripts submitted to the Applied Optics feature issue must be prepared according to the normal standards of Applied Optics. For detailed information on how to prepare manuscripts, please go to the author resource center on the OSA website. Furthermore, manuscripts must be uploaded through OSA's electronic submission system. Be sure to select the Optical Interference Coatings feature from the drop-down.
Feature Editors
Li Li, National Research Council, Canada
Detlev Ristau, Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany
Robert Sargent, Viavi Solutions, USA
Anna Sytchkova, ENEA Optical Coatings Lab, Italy