Infrared hybrid optics with high broadband efficiency

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5874, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Wood, Andrew ^a   Lee, Mane Si Laure ^b   Cassette, Simone ^b  

^a Thales Optics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Blazed binary structures; Diffractive optics; IR lenses; Optical design

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; REFRACTION;

BLAZED BINARY STRUCTURES; DESIGN WAVELENGTH; IR LENSES;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 29144478870     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.614568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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