Precise and versatile formula for birefringent filters

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4147-4151

  Shao, Zhongxing ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Birefringent filter; Precise form

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUARTZ; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLID STATE LASERS; TUNING;

BIREFRINGENT FILTERS; EXTRAORDINARY WAVES; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASERS; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0030188620     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004147     Document Type: Article

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