Explicit expression of light reflection from inhomogeneous planar structures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3077-3080

  Su, Pengyi ^a,b   Cao, Zhuangqi ^a   Chen, Kaisheng ^a,b   Deng, Xiaoxu ^a   Liu, Chunxiang ^b   Shen, Qishun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b R and D Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; WAVELENGTH;

ANALYTICAL TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; INTEGRAL EXPANSION METHOD;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 39449096393     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.003077     Document Type: Article

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