Incident angle dependency of propagating modes in rectangular grating for polarization-independent -1ST order diffraction or polarization splitting

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1362-1369

  Iizuka, Hideo ^a   Engheta, Nader ^b   Fujikawa, Hisayoshi ^c   Sato, Kazuo ^c  

^a Toyota Motor North America Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

21st order diffraction; Gratings; Polarization; Splitting

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; COUPLING ORDER; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; EXCITED MODE; GRATINGS; INCIDENT ANGLES; INCOMING LIGHT; LITTROW; POLARIZATION SPLITTINGS; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT; PROPAGATING MODE;

ASPECT RATIO; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FUSED SILICA; LIGHT REFRACTION; MODAL ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SILICA;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77952205464     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.25163     Document Type: Article

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