Improved formulation of the coupled-wave method for two-dimensional gratings

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

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1592-1598

  Lalanne, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coupled wave method; Diffractive optics; Rigorous grating analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004721078     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001592     Document Type: Article

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