Selective reflection and transmission from perturbed chiral sculptured thin films

Electromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 409-424

  Polo Jr , John A ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiral; Perturbation; Sculptured thin film

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL; COLUMNAR THIN FILMS (CTF); NANOWIRES; SCULPTURED THIN FILMS (STF);

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPACITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 22944433483     PISSN: 02726343     EISSN: 1532527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726340590957407     Document Type: Article

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