Diffraction gratings of photosensitive ZrO2 gel films fabricated with the two-ultraviolet-beam interference method

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 489-493

  Kintaka, Kenji ^a   Nishii, Junji ^a   Tohge, Noboru ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000121937     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.000489     Document Type: Article

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