Polarization-selective beam splitter based on a highly efficient simple binary diffraction grating

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 6157-6165

  Delbeke, Danaë ^a   Baets, Roel ^a   Muys, Peter ^b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b VDM Laser Optics NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BANDWIDTH; BIREFRINGENCE; COSTS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GIANT-REFLECTION TO ZERO-ORDER (GIRO); MATERIAL QUALITY; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER (PBO);

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 10444240278     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006157     Document Type: Article

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