New designs for far-infrared beam splitter

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2934-2946

  Dobrowolski, J A ^a   Traub, W A ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 0001139763     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002934     Document Type: Article

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