Realization of integrated polarizer and color filters based on subwavelength metallic gratings using a hybrid numerical scheme

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-426

  Nguyen Huu, Nghia ^a   Lo, Yu Lung ^a   Chen, Yu Bin ^a   Yang, Tsai Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; EFFICIENCY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION;

CENTER WAVELENGTH; FILTERING FUNCTIONS; GRATING STRUCTURES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SUBWAVELENGTH METALLIC GRATINGS; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; VISIBLE-WAVELENGTH SPECTRA;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 79551536522     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000415     Document Type: Article

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