Optical properties of metallic films for vertical-cavity optoelectronic devices

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5271-5283

  Rakić, Aleksandar D ^a   Djurišsić, Aleksandra B ^b   Elazar, Jovan M ^b   Majewski, Marian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b School of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

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EID: 0001417397     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005271     Document Type: Article

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