Dispersive mirror in AlGaAs designed by inverse spectral theory

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7741-7751

  Dods, Steven R A ^a   Ogura, Mutsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AlGaAs semiconductor; Dispersive mirror; Inverse spectral theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004958218     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007741     Document Type: Article

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