Conical diffraction from multicoated gratings containing uniaxial materials

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

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 803-810

  Harris, J B ^a   Preist, T W ^a   Wood, E L ^a   Sambles, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MULTILAYERS; SILVER; TENSORS;

CONICAL DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION THEORY; REFLECTIVITY; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON RESONANCE; UNIAXIAL MATERIALS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0030126209     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.000803     Document Type: Article

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