Optimal quantization by use of an amplitude-weighted probability-density function for diffractive optical elements

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3672-3679

  Hsu, Wei Feng ^a   Chu, I Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MASKS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE SHIFT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

DIAMOND TURNING; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; ELECTRON BEAM WRITING; LASER BEAM WRITING; OPTIMAL QUANTIZATION;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 3042848464     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003672     Document Type: Article

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