Kogelnik-like model for the diffraction efficiency of POLICRYPS gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 735-742

  Caputo, Roberto ^a   Veltri, Alessandro ^a   Umeton, Cesare ^a   Sukhov, Andrey V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; KOGELNIK LIKE MODEL;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 18144406535     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000735     Document Type: Article

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