Effect of the number of sublayers on axial optics of anisotropic helical structures

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3002-3008

  Abdulhalim, I ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; DIELECTRIC TENSORS; EXACT ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS; HELICAL STRUCTURES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; REFLECTION FILTERS; SELECTIVE REFLECTION;

LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS;

EID: 49649086059     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.003002     Document Type: Article

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