Replicated slanted gratings with a high refractive index material for in and outcoupling of light

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2067-2074

  Levola, Tapani ^a   Laakkonen, Pasi ^b,c  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Nanocomp Ltd   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTIMIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LIGHT POWER; PLASTIC LIGHT GUIDES; REPLICATED SLANTED GRATINGS; UV REPLICATION TECHNOLOGY;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33847765795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002067     Document Type: Article

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