Polarization-dependent Talbot effect

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2154-2160

  Lu, Yunqing ^a   Zhou, Changhe ^a   Wang, Shunquan ^a   Wang, Bo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASER APPLICATIONS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HIGH-DENSITY GRATING; NANO-OPTICS; SELF-IMAGING INTENSITY; TALBOT EFFECT;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 33750575761     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.002154     Document Type: Article

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