Simple trace criterion for classification of multilayers

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 1400-1402

  Sanchez Soto L L ^a   Monzon J J ^a   Yonte, T ^a   Carinena J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL DECOMPOSITIONS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 0141839155     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.001400     Document Type: Article

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