Broadband antireflective surface-relief structure for THz optics

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 779-789

  Brückner, Claudia ^a   Pradarutti, Boris ^a   Stenzel, Olaf ^a   Steinkopf, Ralf ^a   Riehemann, Stefan ^a   Notni, Gunther ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ANTIREFLECTIVE STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 33846853556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000779     Document Type: Article

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