Monomers and polymers in a centrifugal field: A new method to produce refractive-index gradients in polymers

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1008-1014

  Van Duijnhoven, Frank G H ^a   Bastiaansen, Cees W M ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0000019706     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001008     Document Type: Article

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