Method for determining the optical axis and (ne, no) of a birefringent crystal

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3936-3940

  Su, Der Chin ^a   Hsu, Cheng Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; PHASE MEASUREMENT;

BIREFRINGENT CRYSTALS;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 0036641183     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.003936     Document Type: Article

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