Re: Magnesium Flouride

[Larry Woolf <Larry.Woolf@GAT.COM>]

While MgF2 is a standard single layer anti-reflection coating, there are
many others:
<http://www.oriel.com/netcat/VolumeIII/pdfs/coattech.pdf>
<http://www.oriel.com/down/pdf/14006.pdf>
<http://www.oriel.com/netcat/VolumeIII/Descrippage/v3t6slac.htm>

Larry Woolf
General Atomics
San Diego, CA 92121
<http://www.sci-ed-ga.org>
<http://www.ga.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From:  John Denker
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Magnesium Flouride

> I don't think it has anything to do with the film.  It
> has to do with the reflection off the index-mismatch.
> It's called an AR (anti-reflection) coating.
> MgF is convenient because it has an index that is
> roughly the geometric mean of the two things (air
> and glass) that you're interfacing, and it is
> relatively easy to apply.