Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1995
Abstract
A transparent or absorbing substrate can be coated with a transparent thin film to produce a linear reflectanceversus- angle-of-incidence response over a certain range of angles. Linearization at and near normal incidence is a special case that leads to a maximally flat response for p-polarized, s-polarized, or unpolarized light. For midrange and high-range linearization with moderate and high slopes, respectively, the best results are obtained when the incident light is s polarized. Application to a Si substrate that is coated with a SiO2 film leads to novel passive and active reflection rotation sensors. Experimental results and an error analysis of this rotation sensor are presented.
Journal Name
Journal of the Optical Society of America A
Recommended Citation
R. M. A. Azzam, M. M. K. Howlader, and T. Y. Georgiou, "Single-layer-coated surfaces with linearized reflectance versus angle of incidence: application to passive and active silicon rotation sensors," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 12, 1790-1798 (1995)
Comments
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