High-efficiency dielectric reflection gratings: Design, fabrication, and analysis

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 6257-6271

  Hehl, Karl ^a   Bischoff, Joerg ^b   Mohaupt, Ullrich ^c   Palme, Martin ^c   Schnabel, Bernd ^d,e   Wenke, Lutz ^d,f   Bödefel, Ragnar ^d,g   Theobald, Wolfgang ^d,g   Welsch, Eberhard ^d,g   Sauerbrey, Roland ^d,g   Heyer, Hartmut ^h  

^a Ing Büro Optimod   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e Institut für Angewandte Physik   (Germany)

^f Institut für Angewandte Optik   (Germany)

^g Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik   (Germany)

^h LAYERTEC GMBH   (Germany)

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EID: 0001268939     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006257     Document Type: Article

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