TM-polarized photon tunneling phase time in a frustrated-total-internal-reflection structure

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 777-781

  Lee, Byoungho ^a   Lee, Wook ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0031527560     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000777     Document Type: Article

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