Eigenpolarizations and eigenvalues of the transfer function for the complex amplitude of a layer of a medium with a helical periodic structure

Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 236-242

  Arutyunyan, M Z ^a   Gevorgyan, A A ^a   Vardanyan, G A ^b  

^a YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^b Intercontinental State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; POLARIZATION;

HELICAL PERIODIC STRUCTURE; METHD OF COMPOSITION;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 34848842228     PISSN: 10709762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOT.74.000236     Document Type: Article

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