Control of reflection at an optical interface in the absence of total internal reflection for a retroreflective display application

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1169-1176

  Webster, Anne H ^a   Mossman, Michele A ^a   Whitehead, Lorne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

FLASHING RETROREFLECTOR; OPTICAL INTERFACE; RETROREFLECTIVE DISPLAY APPLICATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 33645523489     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.001169     Document Type: Article

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