Rainbow refractometry: Simultaneous measurement of temperature, refractive index, and size of droplets

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1899-1907

  Hom, James ^a   Chigier, Norman ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATIONS; RAIN; REFRACTOMETERS;

RAINBOW REFRACTOMETRY;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 0036542995     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001899     Document Type: Article

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