Omnidirectional Optical Filters

1: Introduction.
2: Basic Theory. 2.1. Maxwell's Equations and Plane Electromagnetic Waves. 2.2. Boundary Conditions. 2.3. Reflectance and Transmittance on the Single Boundary. 2.4. The Optics of a Thin Film. 2.5. The Multilayer Stack. 2.6. The Optical Waveguide. 2.7. Optical Fiber. 2.8. Leaky Dielectric Waveguides. 2.9. The Bragg Grating. 2.10. Codirectional Coupling.
3: Classical Optical Filters. 3.1. Antireflection Coatings. 3.2. Neutral Mirrors. 3.3. Multilayer Antireflection Coatings. 3.4. Edge Filters. 3.5. Band-Pass Filters. 3.6. Narrowband-Pass Filters.
4: Omnidirectional Dielectric Reflectors. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Bloch Waves and Band Structures. 4.3. A Dielectric Omnidirectional Reflector. 4.4. Enlargement of the Omnidirectional Frequency Band.
5: Omnidirectional Short-Pass Filters. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Short-Pass Filters Based on Leaky-Waveguide Array. 5.3. Multilayer Leaky-Waveguide Short-Pass Filter Design. 5.4. Macroporous Silicon Formation. 5.5. Macroporous Silicon-Based Short-Pass Filter Design. 5.6. Optical Testing of MPSi-Based Short-Pass Filters.
6: Omnidirectional Narrow Band-Pass, Band-Pass, and Band-Blocking Filters. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. IR Optical Filters, Based on Waveguide Array. 6.3. MPSi-Based Materials for Filters Operating in the Visible Spectral Range. 6.4. Fabrication of MPSi Layers with Coherently Modulated Pore Diameters. 6.5. Filling theMacropores with Metal. 6.6. Fabrication of MPSi-Based Spectral Filters.
References. Index.