Measurement of liquid-film thickness by laser interferometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7864-7869

  Nozhat, Wali M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FILMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIQUID WAVES; REFLECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLOW RATE; FRINGE; LASER INTERFEROMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0031249443     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007864     Document Type: Article

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