Entangled-photon ellipsometry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 656-662

  Abouraddy, Ayman F ^a   Toussaint Jr , Kimani C ^a   Sergienko, Alexander V ^a   Saleh, Bahaa E A ^a   Teich, Malvin C ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTONS;

OPTICAL DOWNCONVERSIONS;

ELLIPSOMETRY;

EID: 0012056363     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000656     Document Type: Article

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