Polarization properties of bent-type optical fibre probe for magneto- optical imaging

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 194, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 374-377

  Ishibashi, T ^a   Yoshida, T ^a   Hjima, A ^a   Sato, K ^a   Mitsuoka, Y ^b   Nakajima, K ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bent type optical fibre probe; Magneto optical imaging; Polarization modulation technique; Scanning near field optical microscope; Stokes parameter

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; POLARIZATION;

BEND-TYPE OPTICAL FIBER PROBE; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MAGNETOOPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL FIBER PROBE; OPTICAL PARAMETER; POLARIZATION MODULATION TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE; STOKES PARAMETERS;

PROBES;

ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; MAGNETISM; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033064716     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00506.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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