A fiber-optic autocollimation refractometric method for dispersion measurement of bulk optical materials using a widely tunable fiber Raman laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1897-1902

  Ilev, Ilko K ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Kumagai, Hiroshi ^b,g,h   Toyoda, Koichi ^{a,b,i,j,k,l,m}  

^a IEEE

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f SPIE

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

ⁱ OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^k RIKEN   (Japan)

^l Semiconductor Engineering Laboratory

^m JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

BULK OPTICAL MATERIALS; FIBER OPTIC AUTOCOLLIMATION REFRACTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE INDEX DISPERSION MEASUREMENTS; WIDELY TUNABLE FIBER RAMAN LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0030288694     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.541675     Document Type: Article

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