Molecular fluorescence in the vicinity of a gradient-index medium

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 933-936

  Hartman, Robert L ^a   Leung, P T ^a   Cohen, Scott M ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUORESCENCE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

RADIATING DIPOLE;

GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS;

EID: 0006861428     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000933     Document Type: Article

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