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Patents of William H. Southwell
- U.S. Patent No. 3,784,308. Method and apparatus for measuring index of refraction of glass disks.
- U.S. Patent No. 3,873,208. Refractometer for measuring the refractive index of solid, liquid, or gaseous materials in cylindrical shapes or containers.
- U.S. Patent No. 3,994,599. Method and apparatus for measuring wall thickness and concentricity of tubular glass articles.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,312,570. High reflectivity coated mirror producing 90º phase shift.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,536.063. Thin film transmissive phase retarder.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,583,822. Quintic refractive index profile antireflection coatings.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,666,250. Optical coating design using flip-flop optimization.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,707,611. Incremental monitoring of thin films.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,756,602. Narrowband optical filter with partitioned cavity.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,778,251. Thickness error compensation for digital gradient-index optical coatings.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,826,267. Spectral filter with integral antireflection coating.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,934,788. Deposition of gradient index coatings using coevaporation with rate control.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,000,575. Method of fabricating gradient index optical films.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,100,211. Refractive index monitor for deposition of gradient-index films.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,144,484. Binary optic lens design using flip-flop optimization.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,181,143. Multiple line rugate filter with index clipping.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,410,431. Multi-line narrowband-pass filters.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,425,964. Deposition of multiple layler thin films using a broadband spectral monitor.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,559,640. Automotive rear view mirror system.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,828,489. Narrow wavelength polarizing beamsplitter.
- U.S. Patent No. 6,392,801. Wide-angle rugate polarizing beamsplitter.
- U.S. Patent No. 6,400,513. Optical beam coupling of multiple wavelengths into an output channel using spatial wavefront segmentation.
- U.S. Patent No. 6,885,504. Method for the design and fabrication of complementary comb optical filter pairs.
- U.S. Patent No. 7,164,535. Optical coating and configuration for tailored spectral characteristics over viewing angle.
- U.S. Patent No. 8,200,448. Optical monitor for rugate filter deposition.
- U.S. Patent No. 8,268,385. Optical monitor with computed compensation.