Chiral conical diffraction

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 363-372

  Berry, M V ^a   Jeffrey, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Chirality; Crystal optics; Polarization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; HAMILTONIANS; POLARIZATION;

CHIRAL CONICAL DIFFRACTION; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL OPTICS; CUSPED CAUSTIC SURFACE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33744484280     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/5/001     Document Type: Article

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