Experimental demonstration of ultrasharp unpolarized filtering by resonant gratings at oblique incidence

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 676-679

  Boyko, Olga ^a   Lemarchand, Fabien ^b   Talneau, Anne ^a   Fehrembach, Anne Laure ^b   Sentenac, Anne ^b  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM OPTICS; RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

BRILLOUIN ZONES; COMPLEX-PERIODIC; DEGENERATE MODES; HIGH-SYMMETRY POINTS; INCIDENT BEAMS; OBLIQUE INCIDENCES; OPTICAL RESONANCES; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENTS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITIES; REFLECTIVITY SPECTRUM; RESONANT GRATINGS; WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 63349095364     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.000676     Document Type: Article

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