Abstract

An analysis is given of the designs of thin-film coatings on totally reflecting boundaries that produce half-wave, quarter-wave, and half-quarter-wave phase retardations. Particular single-layer, double-layer, and symmetrical triple-layer coatings that contain only one non-quarter-wave layer are considered. Simple quadratic equations are presented for the non-quarter-wave-layer phase thickness. Useful diagrams of the solution zones for layer refractive indices are obtained.

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