Design of high-efficiency dielectric reflection gratings

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

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1124-1136

  Shore, B W ^a   Perry, M D ^a   Britten, J A ^a   Boyd, R D ^a   Feit, M D ^a   Nguyen, H T ^a   Chow, R ^a   Loomis, G E ^a   Li, Lifeng ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION; EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; REFLECTION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

DAMAGE RESISTANCE; DIELECTRIC REFLECTION GRATINGS; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; INCIDENT LIGHT; MULTILAYER STACK;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031143206     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001124     Document Type: Article

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