An intelligible explanation of highly-efficient diffraction in deep dielectric rectangular transmission gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 10448-10456

  Clausnitzer, T ^a   Kampfe T ^a   Kley, E B ^a   Tunnermann A ^a   Peschel, U ^a   Tishchenko, A V ^b   Parriaux, O ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GROOVE PARAMETERS; INCIDENT WAVES; PROPAGATION CONSTANTS; TRANSMISSION GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 29244459682     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010448     Document Type: Article

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