Finite-aperture wire grid polarizers

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

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2191-2198

  Jensen, Michael A ^a   Nordin, Gregory P ^b  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

WIRE GRID POLARIZERS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0012641069     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.002191     Document Type: Article

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