Polarization optimization in the interference of four umbrellalike symmetric beams for making three-dimensional periodic microstructures

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 32, 2002, Pages 6894-6900

  Yang, Xiulun ^a   Cai, Luzhong ^a   Liu, Qing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION;

PERIODIC MICROSTRUCTURES;

LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0037058445     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006894     Document Type: Article

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