Threaded-chiral media: Reflectors for elliptically polarized light

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5508, Issue , 2004, Pages 47-56

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birefringent media; Chiral media; Effective medium theory; Herpin birefringent period; Reflectors for elliptically polarized light

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INORGANIC COATINGS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE;

BIREFRINGENT MEDIA; CHIRAL MEDIA; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY; HERPIN BIREFRINGENT PERIOD; WAVELENGTHS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 10844285498     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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