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OptiLayer:  Your Partner in Design and Post-Production Characterization of Optical Coatings

 

All OptiRE options have been carefully tested on the sets of real measurement data. Results of out studies as well as methodology of the reverse engineering are published in our papers.

 Quasi-Random Errors Model

The Quasi-Random Errors mode of the program combines the features of the Systematic Errors and Random Errors modes. It incorporates the sophisticated mathematical algorithm based on the most advanced ideas of the theory of inverse problems (so-called ideas of the regularization of the inverse problem solution).

Quasi-Random Errors mode allows you to take into account a priori information about levels of errors in layer thicknesses.

Example: reverse engineering of broadband anti-reflection coating produced with the help of very accurate time monitoring. See the details in our publications.

 

post-production characterization

Absolute errors in layer thicknesses estimated using Quasi Random algorithm with a priori information about smallness of the errors.

optical characterization

Initial fitting of multiscan in-situ transmittance data by theoretical transmittance of 10-layer anti-reflection coating.

 optical characterization

Final fitting of multiscan in-situ transmittance data by model transmittance.

Application of this mode to reverse engineering problems has been demonstrated in our publications:

  1. T. Amotchkina, M. Trubetskov, V. Pervak, and A. Tikhonravov. "Design, production and reverse engineering of two-octave antireflection coatings." Appl. Opt. 50, 6468-6475 (2011).
  2. T.V. Amotchkina, M.K. Trubetskov, A.V. Tikhonravov, V. Pervak,  "Reverse engineering of an output coupler using broadband monitoring data and group delay measurements," in Optical Interference Coatings, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2013), paper WB.2.

Easy to start

Icons 100x100 1OptiLayer provides user-friendly interface and a variety of examples allowing even a beginner to effectively start to design and characterize optical coatings.        Read more...

Docs / Support

Icons 100x100 2Comprehensive manual in PDF format and e-mail support help you at each step of your work with OptiLayer.

 

Advanced

Icons 100x100 3If you are already an experienced user, OptiLayer gives your almost unlimited opportunities in solving all problems arising in design-production chain. Visit our publications page and challenge page.

 

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