High efficiency half-wave retardation in diffracted light by coupled waves

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4681-4689

  Ventola, Kalle ^a   Tervo, Jani ^a   Siitonen, Samuli ^b   Tuovinen, Hemmo ^a   Kuittinen, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Nanocomp Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

COUPLED WAVES; CROSSED GRATINGS; DIFFRACTED LIGHT; DIFFRACTING STRUCTURES; GRATING LAYERS; GRATING VECTORS; HALF-WAVE; INPUT LIGHT; LITTROW; POLARIZATION STATE; SUBWAVELENGTH PERIOD;

OPTICS;

EID: 84857289500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004681     Document Type: Article

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