Thermal coefficients of the optical path length and refractive index in YAG

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1635-1637

  Fan, Tso Yee ^a   Daneu, John L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0011821005     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.001635     Document Type: Article

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