Designing and manufacturing of interference notch filter with a single reflection band

Abstract: Rugate, HL, and hybrid methods are used to design Notch Filters. Achieving a design that fits the notch characteristics of the filter and reducing transmission band ripples are the most influential factors in this topic. The ability of easy fabrication and choosing the right manufacturing method to have a notch filter with better characteristics should be noted. The main idea of this work is to design a notch filter structure with a narrow notch width and maximum reflection while reducing fabrication challenges. In addition, using anti-reflection layers in the outermost part of the designed structure, the pass-band ripples are reduced. In designed systems, various quarter-wave factors were used, which have less challenge in the manufacturing step. In addition, the stability of the deposition conditions and the density of the layers affect their quality and consequently the result of environmental tests. Therefore, the sputtering method with RF and DC sources is used to construct the designed structure. Finally, the samples were subjected to environmental tests such as abrasion, humidity, temperature, and adhesion. Some of the significant results of the manufactured single-band notch filter are presented.