Rayleigh scattering in high-Q microspheres

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1051-1057

  Gorodetsky, Michael L ^a   Pryamikov, Andrew D ^a   Ilchenko, Vladimir S ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; INTERFEROMETERS; SILICA;

TRAVELING-WAVE COUPLERS;

RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

EID: 0034403954     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001051     Document Type: Article

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