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anti-reflection coating
Also AR coating. A layer of material of lower refractive index of just the right thickness (1/4 wave) is deposited on the optical surface to be coated. More complex coatings are possible which cover a large wavelength range.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Astronomy
- Category: General astronomy
- Company: Caltech
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