Subwavelength transmission grating retarders for use at 10.6 μm

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 31, 1996, Pages 6195-6202

  Brundrett, D L ^a   Glytsis, E N ^a   Gaylord, T K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared retarders; Subwavelength gratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037655483     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006195     Document Type: Article

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