Refractive-index measurement based on the effects of total internal reflection and the uses of heterodyne interferometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2936-2939

  Chiu, Ming Horng ^a   Lee, Ju Yi ^a   Su, Der Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0000280597     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.002936     Document Type: Article

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