Photofabrication of random achromatic optical diffusers for uniform illumination

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1098-1108

  Meéndez, Eugenio R ^a   García Guerrero, E Efreén ^a   Escamilla, Heéctor M ^a   Maradudin, Alexei A ^b   Leskova, Tamara A ^c   Shchegrov, Andrei V ^d,e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SPECTROSCOPY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e KLA TENCOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTORESISTS;

OPTICAL DIFFUSERS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0037826848     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001098     Document Type: Article

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