Matrix description of coherent and incoherent light reflection and transmission by anisotropic multilayer structures

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2521-2531

  Postava, Kamil ^a,c   Yamaguchi, Tomuo ^a   Kantor, Roman ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COHERENT LIGHT; ELLIPSOMETRY; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTILAYERS; PHOTOMETRY; THIN FILMS; VECTORS;

COHERENCE VECTORS;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 0036564280     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.002521     Document Type: Article

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