Novel cases of diffraction of light from a grating: Theory experiment

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 972-979

  Jetty, Ninad R ^a   Suman, Akash ^a   Khaparde, Rajesh B ^b  

^a UM DAE CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 84867765566     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.4737854     Document Type: Article

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