Graded reflectivity micromirror arrays

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 143-147

  Cusumano, Pasquale ^a   Lullo, Giuseppe ^a   Mangione, Angelo ^a   Arnone, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SOLID STATE LASERS;

GRADED REFLECTIVITY MICROMIRRORS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0036279111     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.000143     Document Type: Article

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