Vector diffraction from subwavelength optical disk structures: Two-dimensional modeling of near-field profiles, far-field intensities, and detector signals from a DVD

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3787-3797

  Liu, Wei Chih ^a   Kowarz, Marek W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTODETECTORS;

CONCUS-GOLUB ITERATION METHODS; DIGITAL VERSATILE DISKS (DVD); VECTOR DIFFRACTION PATTERNS;

OPTICAL DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0032606754     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003787     Document Type: Article

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