Light scattering from anisotropic block copolymer grains in a planar waveguide

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1291-1297

  Fang, Zhuangxi ^a   Newstein, Maurice C ^a   Garetz, Bruce A ^a   Wilbur, Jeffrey D ^b,c   Balsara, Nitash P ^b,c  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; THIN FILMS;

TRANSVERSE-ELECTRIC (TE) MODES; TRANSVERSE-MAGNETIC MODE;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 34347376196     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001291     Document Type: Article

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