Analytical methods for scanning laser polarimetry

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 1179-1189

  Knighton, Robert W ^a   Huang, Xiang Run ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIREFRINGENCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMIC OPTICS; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY (SLP);

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0013274270     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.001179     Document Type: Article

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