Application of microwave technology to design an optical multilayer bandpass filter

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2407-2414

  Baumeister, Philip ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL DESIGN; THIN FILMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL MULTILAYER BANDPASS FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0042472156     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.002407     Document Type: Article

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