Space and time characterization of a thermal lens using an interferometric technique

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1591-1595

  Escalona, Z Rafael A ^a,b   Rosi, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISUALIZATION;

THERMAL DIFFUSION THEORY; THERMAL LENSES;

LENSES;

EID: 0032597633     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602212     Document Type: Article

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