Concentration of diffuse light at the thermodynamic limit with an aplanatic curved diffractive element

Optics Communications

Volumn 191, Issue 3-6, 2001, Pages 141-147

  Bokor, N ^a   Shechter, R ^a   Friesem, A A ^a   Davidson, N ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Curved diffractive elements; Diffuse light concentration

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

APLANATIC CURVED DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENTS; DIFFUSE LIGHT CONCENTRATION;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0035826931     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01125-7     Document Type: Article

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