Finite-difference field calculations for two-dimensionally confined x-ray waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4603-4608

  Fuhse, Christian ^a   Salditt, Tim ^a  

^a Sita Messtechnik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFLECTION;

ANALYTICAL THEORY; FRESNEL REFLECTIVITY; PARABOLIC WAVE EQUATION; X-RAY WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33746133252     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004603     Document Type: Article

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