Radiation properties of an abruptly terminated five-layer symmetric slab waveguide

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

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1260-1267

  Tigelis, I G ^a   Theodoropoulos, T G ^a   Papakonstantinou, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 0009247084     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001260     Document Type: Article

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