Induced Transmission in Absorbing Films Applied to Band Pass Filter Design

Longitudinal Kerr Magneto-optic Effect in Multilayer Structures of Dielectric and Magnetic Films

“…The following facts about the ' Potential Transmittance' of an absorbing film were first pointed out by Berning and Turner [2] and are noted here because of their relevance to the present discussion. …”

“…In fact, P, _n{l+r,~ where ~ and ~± are the ' Potential Transmittances ' of the magnetic absorbing film for light polarized in and perpendicular to the plane of incidence respectively. The 'Potential Transmittances' are defined by Berning and Turner [2] and are given by :…”

“…Moreover, the solutions are not always expressed in terms of parameters which are familiar to workers in the field of multilayer thin films applied to optical filters. It is shown in the following account that both of these difficulties can be avoided by the introduction of the concept ' Potential Transmittance' first discussed by Berning and Turner [2] in connection with so-called ' Induced Transmission' filters. In this way a perfectly general but simple expression for the modulus of the longitudinal Kerr coefficient can be obtained in terms of easily recognizable optical properties of the general system.…”

Metal-dielectric composite optical coatings: underlying physics, main models, characterization, design and application aspects

“…The concept of potential transmission dates back to the classical paper of Berning and Turner [19] . It is deceptively simple but is one of the most powerful concepts we have.…”

Properties of Weakly Absorbing Multilayer Systems in Terms of the Concept of Potential Transmittance

“…Thus, from figure 1, 0 is given by _ T T T+A 1-R' where T+R+A=1 and T, R and A are the transmittance, reflectance and absorptance of the layer respectively. At normal incidence a more explicit general expression for the potential transmittance of an absorbing layer of complex phase thickness S = 8' + iS" and refractive index n = n' + in" is [1 ] 1-Ir1 2 +2IrIPsinp 0= exp(28")-IrI 2exp(-2S")+2IrII'sin(p+2S')' A is the wavelength of the incident radiation and rlexp(ip) is the complex amplitude reflectance at the boundary of emergence (figure 1) . It is worth noting that the potential transmittance of a layer does not depend on the optical properties of media on the side of incidence, i .e .…”