Polarization of holographic grating diffraction. I. General theory

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 523-531

  Nee, Tsu Wei ^a   Nee, Soe Mie F ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

BRAGG ANGLE; HOLOGRAPHIC BEAM COMBINER; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHIC SPLITTER DEVICES; MUELLER MATRIX; VOLUME GRATING MODEL;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 2042510392     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000523     Document Type: Article

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