How complicated must an optical component be?

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-251

  Miller, David A B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPHOTONICS;

DEVICE DESIGN; LINEAR DEVICES; LINEAR OPERATORS; LINEAR OPTICAL; LINEAR WAVES; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; SPATIAL MODES; THIN LENS; TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH DEMULTIPLEXERS;

MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

EID: 84874429758     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.30.000238     Document Type: Article

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