All-purpose finite element formulation for arbitrarily shaped crossed-gratings embedded in a multilayered stack

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

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 878-889

  Demésy, Guillaume ^a   Zolla, Frédéric ^a   Nicolet, André ^a   Commandré, Mireille ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELASTIC WAVES; ENERGY BALANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPUTATION TIME; CROSSED GRATINGS; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; MESH REFINEMENT; MULTILAYERED STACK; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; POLARIZED PLANE WAVES; VECTOR FIELDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77950429886     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.000878     Document Type: Article

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