Chiral supercavities

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5218, Issue , 2003, Pages 40-50

  Hodgkinson, Ian J ^a   Wu, Qi Hong ^a   De Silva, Lakshman ^a   Arnold, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chiral defect filters; Chiral reflectors; Circular polarization; Thin films

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS;

CHIRAL SUPERCAVITIES;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0344943987     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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