Deterministic diffractive diffusers for displays

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2239-2246

  Parikka, Marko ^a   Kaikuranta, Terho ^a   Laakkonen, Pasi ^b   Lautanen, Jari ^b   Tervo, Jani ^b   Honkanen, Marko ^b   Kuittinen, Markku ^b   Turunen, Jari ^b,c  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Nanocomp Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

BACKLIGHTING;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL);

EID: 0038163527     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.002239     Document Type: Article

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