Blazed diffractive optics

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4635-4643

  Fleming, Madeleine B ^a   Hutley, M C ^b  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics; Optical fabrication methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000680848     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004635     Document Type: Article

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