Vector-based synthesis of finite aperiodic subwavelength diffractive optical elements

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

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1599-1607

  Prather, Dennis W ^a   Mait, Joseph N ^a   Mirotznik, Mark S ^b   Collins, James P ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Catholic University of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIFFRACTION; FOCUSING; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; SCALAR DIFFRACTION THEORY; VECTOR BASED SYNTHESIS;

OPTICS;

EID: 0032095922     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.001599     Document Type: Article

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