Non-polarizing broadband multilayer reflectors in fish

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 759-763

  Jordan, T M ^a   Partridge, J C ^a   Roberts, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREWSTER'S ANGLE; BROADBAND MULTILAYER; DIELECTRIC MULTILAYERS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; MIRROR DESIGN; MULTILAYER REFLECTORS; NON-POLARIZING; OPTICAL AXES;

CYTOLOGY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; POSITIVE IONS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; FISH;

FISH; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84868529760     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.260     Document Type: Article

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