Time-domain approach for designing dispersive mirrors based on the needle optimization technique. Theory

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 20637-20647

  Trubetskov, M ^a   Tikhonravov, A ^a   Pervak, V ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; GROUP DELAY; MIRRORS; NEEDLES;

GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; NEW EFFICIENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; TIME-DOMAIN APPROACH; TIME-DOMAIN OPTIMIZATION;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 57349158546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.020637     Document Type: Article

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