%0 Journal Article %1 Hobson:04 %A Hobson, Michael P. %A Baldwin, John E. %D 2004 %I OSA %J Appl. Opt. %K coatings %N 13 %P 2651--2660 %R 10.1364/AO.43.002651 %T Markov-Chain Monte Carlo Approach to the Design of Multilayer Thin-Film Optical Coatings %U http://ao.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-43-13-2651 %V 43 %X We reconsider the problem of locating the globally optimal solution of a multilayer-optical-coating design problem, within some predetermined space of parameters, with the aim of obtaining a robust technique that requires a minimum of user intervention. The approach we adopt centers on exploring the space of the parameters of interest by using a Markov-chain Monte Carlo sampling algorithm. This technique enables one to locate the global optimum automatically with high confidence and without the need for a good starting design. It also allows the trivial inclusion of prior constraints on the variables and provides a natural means for investigating the robustness of the optimal solution.

@article{Hobson:04, abstract = {We reconsider the problem of locating the globally optimal solution of a multilayer-optical-coating design problem, within some predetermined space of parameters, with the aim of obtaining a robust technique that requires a minimum of user intervention. The approach we adopt centers on exploring the space of the parameters of interest by using a Markov-chain Monte Carlo sampling algorithm. This technique enables one to locate the global optimum automatically with high confidence and without the need for a good starting design. It also allows the trivial inclusion of prior constraints on the variables and provides a natural means for investigating the robustness of the optimal solution.}, added-at = {2013-07-02T13:11:39.000+0200}, author = {Hobson, Michael P. and Baldwin, John E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26ccad3c7498d03f4ea57ab701f101c2a/dbuscher}, description = {Optics InfoBase: Applied Optics - Markov-Chain Monte Carlo Approach to the Design of Multilayer Thin-Film Optical Coatings}, doi = {10.1364/AO.43.002651}, interhash = {a257c5dd63a6bad595287df6a35815fe}, intrahash = {6ccad3c7498d03f4ea57ab701f101c2a}, journal = {Appl. Opt.}, keywords = {coatings}, month = may, number = 13, pages = {2651--2660}, publisher = {OSA}, timestamp = {2013-07-02T13:11:40.000+0200}, title = {Markov-Chain Monte Carlo Approach to the Design of Multilayer Thin-Film Optical Coatings}, url = {http://ao.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-43-13-2651}, volume = 43, year = 2004 }