On the Motohiro-Taga interface for biaxial columnar media

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3268-3271

  Hodgkinson, Ian ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^{b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^h IEEE

Author keywords

Biaxial medium; Birefringence; Motohiro Taga biaxial interface; Reflection; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004672989     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602001     Document Type: Article

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