Mass-transport fabrication of off-axis and prismatic gallium phosphide optics

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2979-3985

  Ballen, Todd A ^a   Leger, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ETCHING; LENSES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PRISMS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE; MASS TRANSPORT SMOOTHING;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032622039     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002979     Document Type: Article

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