Grating-coupler assisted infrared spectroscopy on anisotropic multilayer systems: A comparative study

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-307

  Wendler, L ^a,b   Finger, N ^a   Gornik, E ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRON GAS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILVER;

FABRY-PEROT RESONANCES; GRATING COUPLERS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; RAYLEIGH METHOD;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 15344348448     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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