Modal method for conical diffraction on a rectangular slit metallic grating in a multilayer structure

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3100-3114

  Todorov, Yanko ^a   Minot, Christophe ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIRRORS; MODAL ANALYSIS; REFLECTION;

CONICAL DIFFRACTION; DRUDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; METALLIC GRATING;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 36649017760     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.003100     Document Type: Article

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