Study on polarizing visible light by subwavelength-period metal-stripe gratings

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 220-226

  Schnabel, Bernd ^a   Kley, Ernst Bernhard ^a   Wyrowskl, Frank ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics; Gratings; Polarization; Submicron lithography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000463538     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602257     Document Type: Article

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