Tunable phase-only optical filters with a uniaxial crystal

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3415-3419

  Xiao, Fanrong ^a   Yuan, Jinghe ^a   Wang, Guiying ^a   Xu, Zhizhan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANGLE REGULATORS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PUPIL FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 3042587278     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003415     Document Type: Article

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