Modal characteristics of short-pitch photoresist gratings exhibiting zero-order diffraction anomalies

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2904-2913

  Coulombe, Stephen A ^a   McNeil, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 0000397556     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.002904     Document Type: Article

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