Design of a high-efficiency volume grating coupler for line focusing

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2278-2287

  Schultz, Stephen M ^a   Glytsis, Elias N ^a   Gaylord, Thomas K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33750727582     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002278     Document Type: Article

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