Degree of polarization of thermal light emitted by gratings supporting surface waves

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5305-5313

  Marquier, F ^a   Arnold, C ^a   Laroche, M ^a   Greffet, J J ^a   Chen, Y ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; POLARIZATION; SURFACE WAVES;

RESONANT EXCITATION; THERMAL LIGHT;

LIGHT EMISSION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 42149130346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005305     Document Type: Article

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