Hybrid approach for rugate filter design

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Verly, Pierre G ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR PHYSICS; OPTICS;

DESIGN STRATEGIES; DIRECT OPTIMIZATION; FOURIER TECHNIQUES; HYBRID APPROACH; RUGATE FILTER; SPECTRAL SHAPES;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 50849137869     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.00C172     Document Type: Article

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