Convergence performance of the coupled-wave and the differential methods for thin gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1583-1591

  Lalanne, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coupled wave method; Differential method; Diffractive optics; Rigorous grating analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038503695     PISSN: 07403232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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