Design Of Optical Multilayer Coatings At NRCC

Programs for the design of optical multilayer systems at the NRCC are based on analysis, refinement, comprehensive search, gradual evolution and on the minus filter, flip-flop and inverse Fourier transform methods. For the purpose of this paper they have been used to design layer systems with one particular spectral transmittance curve. However, they can be applied to a wide variety of problems. Their advantages and limitations are compared and contrasted.