Tilted bilayer membranes as simple transmission quarter-wave retardation plates

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

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 421-425

  Azzam, R M A ^a   Mahmoud, Fadi A ^b  

^a UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

^b Adaptec Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPACITY; OPTICAL FILMS; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

BILAYERS; QUARTER-WAVE RETARDERS (QWR);

INFRARED TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0009505144     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.000421     Document Type: Article

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