Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Mizuseki

Yoshihiro Someno

Toshio Hirai

Toshihiro Kikuchi

Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

A method of producing multilayered optical filters by using a genetic algorithm that determines an optimal combination of refractive indexes and thicknesses for each layer of the filter is described. The method generates initial values for the component and places the values within a matrix P, where P&equals;(X , X , X , . . . , Xi, . . . , Xs) and Xi is an elementary matrix that includes the refractive index and thickness of each layer i. The method may generate mutated patterns by increasing or decreasing the thicknesses and refractive indexes of the initial pattern. It may also perform a cross-over process, selecting patterns from grouping of mutated patterns. Alternately, the method may perform a process where selected patterns having optical characteristics closest to the desired characteristics from the initial, mutated or crossover patters are chosen. The genetic algorithm utilizing the above processes repeats until the optical characteristics fall within the desired range.

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Hiroshi Mizuseki