Passive device based on plastic optical fibers to determine the indices of refraction of liquids

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 941-946

  Zubia, Joseba ^a   Garitaonaind, Germán ^a   Arrúe, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 0011041429     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.000941     Document Type: Article

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