On gyrotropic chiral sculptured thin films for magneto-optics

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 367-371

  Pickett, Matthew D ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent circular dichroism; Gyrotropy; Helicoidal bianisotropic medium; Optical activity; Structural chirality

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EVAPORATION; FARADAY EFFECT; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PERMITTIVITY; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CIRCULAR BRAGG PHENOMENON; GYROTROPY; SCULPTURED THIN FILM; STRUCTURAL CHIRALITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0036429336     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0030-4026-00180     Document Type: Article

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