Toward the production of micropolarizers by irradiation of composite glasses with silver nanoparticles

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 25, 2009, Pages F37-F43

  Stalmashonak, Andrei ^a   Seifert, Gerhard ^a   Unal, Ahmet Akin ^a   Skrzypczak, Ulrich ^a   Podlipensky, Alexander ^b   Abdolvand, Amin ^c   Graener, Heinrich ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 85010172617     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000F37     Document Type: Article

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