Fiber-diameter measurement by occlusion of a gaussian beam

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2598-2607

  Butler, Duncan J ^a   Forbes, G W ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0004793007     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002598     Document Type: Article

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