Propagation matrix for optics of isotropic chiral slabs and multilayers

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-70

  Abdulhalim, I ^a  

^a KLA TENCOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; INTERPOLATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MIRRORS; POLYNOMIALS;

CHIRAL REFLECTION; ISOTROPIC CHIRAL SLABS; MATRIX PROPAGATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033889249     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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