Optimal design of birefringent filter with a flat-top passband

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 652-656

  Wang, Qian ^a   Farrell, Gerald ^a   Semenova, Yuliya ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Birefringent filters; Flat top passband; Generic algorithm; Lyot filter

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIREFRINGENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS;

BIREFRINGENT FILTERS; FLAT-TOP PASSBAND; LYOT FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 33746272182     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/8/006     Document Type: Article

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