Modeling diffraction in free-space optical interconnects by the mode expansion method

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 5308-5318

  Petrović, Novak S ^a   Rakić, Aleksandar D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; MICROLENSES; OPTIMIZATION;

SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0141758083     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005308     Document Type: Article

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