Optical reflectionless potentials for broadband, omnidirectional antireflection

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 17382-17386

  Thekkekara, L V ^a   Achanta, Venu Gopal ^a   Gupta, S Dutta ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL SCATTERING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL REALIZATION; REFLECTIONLESS POTENTIALS; STRATIFIED MEDIA; TOTAL TRANSMISSION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 84904335005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.017382     Document Type: Article

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