Optical thickness and anisotropic orientation of a birefringent thin film: Analysis from explicit expressions for reflection and transmission coefficients

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Jen, Yi Jun ^a   Chiang, Cheng Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anistropy; Birefringence; Coatings; Reflectance; Thin films; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COATINGS; REFLECTION; THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL THICKNESS; POLARIZATION CONVERSION;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 33748613207     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2173673     Document Type: Article

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