Transmission ellipsometry of a thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1180-1182

  Rovira, P I ^a   Yarussi, R A ^a   Collins, R W ^a,d   Messier, R ^a,d   Venugopal, V C ^b   Lakhtakia, A ^b   Robbie, K ^c   Brett, M J ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Dept of Eng Science and Mechanics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL ROTATION; POLARIZATION; THIN FILMS;

COTTON EFFECT; PLANE WAVE; THIN FILM HELICOIDAL BIANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; TRANSMISSION ELLIPSOMETRY;

ELLIPSOMETRY;

EID: 0031233982     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119618     Document Type: Article

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