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Towards the future thin thin films optical components

For many years there was a discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental capabilities in the design and manufacture of multilayer optical components. However, the increasingly complex market demands and the intensive development of nanoscience and nanotechnology during the last 15 years enabled the creation of highly complex thin film optical components. Thanks to the current state of the art it is possible to automate the production of optical thin film components that contain up to 2000 layers with a high level of precision and accuracy. Moreover, research of optical metamaterials and related technologies enabled the emergence of hybrid thin film optical components that can be produced only by using various technologies. Sometimes traditional multilayer systems, based on high- and low- refractive index is possible to replace with systems in which the refractive index almost continuously changes in accordance with the design, so we do not talk anymore about multilayer systems but rather about quasi-homogeneous monolayers. The current state of the art in the world, based on the recent own papers and some papers of other authors, will be presented. A foresight of the future developments in the area of optical coatings will be given.

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