TOPICS IN OPTICAL COATINGS
In this set of six videos, each topic is essentially a stand-alone presentation that does not rely on the others except that there are certain conventions and definitions that may be assumed. For that reason a Fundamentals topic that deals with basic issues and sets the scene for the other videos is included. Apart from the Fundamentals topic there are five other topics, varying in length from around half an hour to just under one hour.

The six topics in the complete set are:

  1. Fundamentals: This is a necessary introduction to definitions, sign conventions and related aspects. Running time 30 minutes.

  2. Introduction to Coating Design: A description of many of the fundamental structures we use in our coating designs. Running time 57 minutes.

  3. Basics of Ultrafast: An introduction to short pulse effects and related coating properties. Running time 32 minutes.

  4. Basics of Rugates: What are rugates and how do we design them? Running time 35 minutes.

  5. Topics in n & k extraction: What is n and k extraction? Dielectric layers and pitfalls to avoid. Running time 35 minutes.

  6. Color in coatings: The CIE system of objective color definition and aspects of its use in coatings. Running time 49 minutes.

The Topics course differs completely from the Fundamentals of Optical Coating Design and Analysis course and supplements rather than replaces it. The Fundamentals course is a coherent linked course covering the primary aspects of thin-film theory and treating especially the use of the admittance diagram where one section follows another in sequence. With the Topics course, except perhaps, for the Fundamentals, any viewing order is equally good.

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The Instructor
Dr. Angus Macleod has over 200 publications in the field of optics including the book Thin Film Optical Filters. He is Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona and President of Thin Film Center Inc. The SVC recognized his contributions to the vacuum coating industry with the 2002 Nathaniel Sugerman Memorial Award. For his work in education and research he was awarded the 1997 Esther Hoffman Beller medal of the OSA and the Gold Medal of the SPIE in 1987. He has taught courses in optical topics all over the world to classes from one or two to over two hundred. He specializes in teaching techniques for understanding and logical thinking that avoid complicated theory without oversimplification.
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