Abstract

Narrow-band multilayer transmission filters for use in an oblique position have been made to exhibit substantially uniform peak transmittance for all rays in a strongly converging beam. The required increase of film thickness with distance from an asymmetrically placed axis can be produced by appropriate baffling. Residual errors of ±3 A are approximately equal to reported random variation in thickness of evaporated films. Filters of 13 layers designed for binocular visual use have shown transmittances above 70% over a field 10° square.

© 1957 Optical Society of America

Dispersion of the Phase Change for Dielectric Multilayers. Application to the Interference Filter*

P. W. Baumeister and F. A. Jenkins
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 47(1) 57-61 (1957)

Resolving Power of Multilayer Filters in Nonparallel Light

C. R. Pidgeon and S. D. Smith
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 54(12) 1459-1466 (1964)

Induced Transmission in Absorbing Films Applied to Band Pass Filter Design

Peter H. Berning and A. F. Turner
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 47(3) 230-239 (1957)

Properties of All-Dielectric Interference Filters. II. Filters in Parallel Beams of Light Incident Obliquely and in Convergent Beams

P. H. Lissberger and W. L. Wilcock
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 49(2) 126-130 (1959)

Quantitative Measurement of Gas Density by Means of Light Interference in a Schlieren System

Edward B. Temple
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 47(1) 91-100 (1957)