2003/10/22 by T. Yonte, Teresa Yonte, J. J. Monzón +5
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Acoustics #Antenna (radio) #Computer science #Materials science #Omnidirectional antenna #Optical Coatings and Gratings #Optics #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Photonic and Optical Devices #Physics #Range (aeronautics) #Reflection (computer programming) #Reflectivity #Telecommunications #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1464-4258/6/1/023
9 pages, 6 figures. To be published in J. Opt. A: Pure and Applied Optics
arxiv created 2003/10/22 · openalex publication_date 2003/11/03 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Periodic layered media can reflect strongly for all incident angles and polarizations in a given frequency range. Quarter-wave stacks at normal incidence are commonplace in the design of such omnidirectional reflectors. We discuss alternative design criteria to optimize these systems.