Infrared quarter-wave reflection retarders designed with high-spatial-frequency dielectric surface-relief gratings on a gold substrate at oblique incidence

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 28, 1996, Pages 5557-5562

  Liu, Jian ^a   Azzam, R M A ^a  

^a UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0011698592     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005557     Document Type: Article

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