Pulsed photothermal deflection and diffraction effects: Numerical modeling based on Fresnel diffraction theory

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2122-2128

  Han, Yue ^a   Wu, Z L ^b,d   Rosenshein, Joseph S ^a,c   Thomsen, Marshall ^b   Zhao, Qiang ^b   Moncur, Kent ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

PULSED PHOTOTHERMAL DEFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033281112     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602321     Document Type: Article

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