Limits to optical components

See also new radiation laws.

M. Gerken and D. A. B. Miller, “Limits to the performance of dispersive thin-film stacks,” Appl. Opt. 44, 3349‑3357 (2005)

M. Gerken and D. A. B. Miller, “The Relationship between the Superprism Effect in One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals and Spatial Dispersion in Non-Periodic Thin-Film Stacks,” Optics Lett. 30, no.18, p.2475-7 (15 Sept. 2005); selected for the October 10, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

D. A. B. Miller, “Fundamental limit for optical components,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, A1-A18 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.24.0000A1

D. A. B. Miller, “Fundamental Limit to Linear One-Dimensional Slow Light Structures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 203903 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.203903 selected for the November 26, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology

D. A. B. Miller, “The Fundamental Limit to Optical Components,” Optics and Photonics News, Optics in 2007 Special Issue, December 2007, p. 27

D. A. B. Miller, “Limits to Optical Components,” in Advances in Information Optics and Photonics, eds. A. T. Friberg and R. Dändliker, International Commission for Optics Vol. VI (SPIE, Bellingham, 2008) , Chapter 8, pp. 153-170