Polarization-selective diffractive optical elements with an index-matching gap material

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4681-4685

  Nieuborg, N ^a   Kirk, A ^a   Morlion, B ^a   Thienpont, H ^a   Veretennicoff, I ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Diffractive optical elements; Index matching polymers; Optical interconnects

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ETCHING; FABRICATION; HOLOGRAMS; LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MASKS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES;

COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAM; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT; FRESNEL LENS; INDEX MATCHING POLYMERS; ROUTING SYSTEMS; WET ETCHING;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0031186159     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004681     Document Type: Article

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