Optical diffraction of focused spots and subwavelength structures

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

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1268-1278

  Marx, D S ^a,b   Psaltis, D ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Sight Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical disk (disk) memories; Vector diffraction analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL DISK STORAGE;

ALUMINUM GRATING; FAR FIELD APPROXIMATION; FOCUSED SPOTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031169925     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001268     Document Type: Article

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