Scattering from fractal superlattices with variable lacunarity

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

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1626-1635

  Jaggard, Aaron D ^a,b  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FRACTALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUPERLATTICES;

CANTOR SUPERLATTICES; FRACTAL SUPERLATTICES; VARIABLE LACUNARITY;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0032098156     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.001626     Document Type: Article

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