Image contrast in polarization microscopy of magneto-optical disk datastorage media through birefringent plastic substrates

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4839-4852

  Hsieh, Yung Chieh ^a   Mansuripur, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magneto optical data storage; Polarization microscopy; Substrate birefringence

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CALCULATIONS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; LENSES; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL DISK STORAGE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES;

FRESNEL TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENT; MAGNETOOPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OBJECTIVE LENS; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATE BIREFRINGENCE;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031189188     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004839     Document Type: Article

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