Optical thin-film technology: past, present, future

William P. Strickland

doi:10.1117/12.22367

1 December 1990 Optical thin-film technology: past, present, future

William P. Strickland

Proceedings Volume 1323, Optical Thin Films III: New Developments; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22367
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The evolution of the vacuum coating industry is reviewed. Vacuum science progressed slowly until the late nineteenth century due to an incomplete understanding of vacuum and lack of applications. Edison's invention of the light bulb launched the vacuum industry and increased developmentof improved vacuum systems. The thin film optical coating industry arose from the needs of the German and U.S. military efforts during World War II. The author presents his experience in thin film coating from 1939 to the present.

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William P. Strickland "Optical thin-film technology: past, present, future", Proc. SPIE 1323, Optical Thin Films III: New Developments, (1 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22367

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