On the transmission of diffuse light through thick slits

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

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 909-918

  Pérez, Héctor I ^a   Valencia, Claudio I ^b   Méndez, Eugenio R ^a   Sánchez Gil, José A ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE LIGHTS; FINITE CONDUCTIVITIES; IN PLANES; OUT OF PLANES; P-POLARIZED; PROPAGATION MODES; S-POLARIZED; TRANSMITTANCE CURVES;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 65249095520     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.000909     Document Type: Article

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