Numerical analysis of microretroreflectors: Transition from reflection to diffraction

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Ichikawa, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam splitters; Deflectors; Diffraction; Electromagnetic wave propagation; Gratings; Reflectors; Scattering

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTORS; OBJECT DETECTION;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIRRORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 1642618930     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/3/020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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