Geometrical setting for the classification of multilayers

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

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 985-991

  Monzón, Juan J ^a   Yonte, Teresa ^a   Sánchez Soto, Luis L ^a   Cariñena, José F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

GEOMETRICAL SETTING;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 0012346685     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.000985     Document Type: Article

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