Polarization microscopy of magnetic domains for magneto-optical disks

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3749-3758

  Yeh, Wei Hung ^a   Carriere, James ^a   Mansuripur, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PRISMS; SUBSTRATES;

DIFFERENTIAL POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; MAGNETOOPTICAL DISKS;

MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0032615025     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003749     Document Type: Article

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