Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Design of film–substrate single-reflection retarders

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

The design steps for film–substrate single-reflection retarders are briefly stated and applied to the SiO2–Si film–substrate system at wavelength 6328 Å. The criterion of minimum-maximum error of the ellipsometric angle ψ is used to choose angle-of-incidence-tunable designs. Use is made of the (ϕ-d) plane (angle of incidence versus thickness) to determine whether a given film–substrate system with known optical properties and film thickness can operate as a reflection retarder and to determine the associated angles of incidence and retardation angles. This leads to the concept of permissible-thickness bands and forbidden gaps for operation of a film–substrate system as a reflection retarder. Experimental measurements on one of the proposed designs proved the validity of the method.

© 1975 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Ellipsometric function of a film–substrate system: Applications to the design of reflection-type optical devices and to ellipsometry*

R. M. A. Azzam, A.-R. M. Zaghloul, and N. M. Bashara
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 65(3) 252-260 (1975)

Design of reflection retarders by use of nonnegative film–substrate systems

A. R.M. Zaghloul, D. A. Keeling, W. A. Berzett, and J. S. Mason
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 22(8) 1637-1645 (2005)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (12)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Tables (4)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article tables are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (4)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved