Design of a C aperture to achieve λ/10 resolution and resonant transmission

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1305-1317

  Shi, Xiaolei ^a   Hesselink, Lambertus ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DESIGN; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIFFRACTION LIMIT; POWER TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; RESONANT TRANSMISSION; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

EID: 10044256595     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001305     Document Type: Article

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