Inorganic polarizing materials grown by physical vapor deposition

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5870, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-15

  Hodgkinson, Ian ^a   De Silva, Lakshman ^a   Arnold, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Oblique deposition; Serial bideposition; Thin films

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COATINGS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

INORGANIC POLARIZING MATERIALS; SERIAL BIDEPOSITION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 29144506748     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.613990     Document Type: Conference Paper

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