Depolarization and retardation of a birefringent slab

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

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2067-2073

  Nee, Soe Mie F ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SAPPHIRE;

DEPOLARIZATION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0001077335     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.002067     Document Type: Article

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