1. Maxwell equations. Optical admittance. Fresnel formulas for dielectrics. Tilted optical admittance. Absorbing media.
2. Reflectance of a thin film. Characteristic matrix of the thin film. Reflectance of an assembly of thin films. Transmittance, absorptance and potential transmittance.
3. Quarter and half wave optical thickness. Anti-reflection coatings on high index substrates: single, double and multilayer coatings. Anti-reflection coatings on low index substrates: single, double and multilayer coatings.
4. High reflectance mirror coatings. Beam splitters with metallic and dielectric layers.
Thin films absorption filters.