The Design of Multilayer Optical Coatings Using Convex Optimization

Author

Swillam, Mohamed A. ; Bakr, Mohamed H. ; Li, Xun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont.

Volume

25

Issue

4

fYear

2007

fDate

4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1078

Lastpage

1085

Abstract

For the first time, convex optimization is applied to the design of multilayer optical coatings. We present two different approaches to approximate the design problem as a convex optimization problem. This problem is then efficiently solved using interior point methods. Our formulation is fast and flexible, allowing the designer to add any number of constraints. The results show that the used approximation is tight and has a good match with the exact solution

Keywords

antireflection coatings; optical design techniques; optical multilayers; optimisation; convex optimization; interior point methods; multilayer optical coatings design; Biomedical optical imaging; Coatings; Design optimization; Linear programming; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical design; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Antireflection (AR) coatings designs; convex optimization; interior point method (IPM); linear programming (LP); multilayer optical coatings; optical filter design methodology; thin films;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2007.891457

Filename

4156259