Planewave remittances of an axially excited chiral sculptured thin film with gain

Optik

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-99

  Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a   Xu, Jian ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular Bragg phenomenon; Gain medium; Reflection hole; Sculptured thin film; Transmission hole

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

PHOTONIC DENSITY; PLANE WAVES; SCULPTURED THIN FILMS (STF); TRANSMITTANCES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33845901510     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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