Interferometric measurement of the refractive-index distribution in plastic lenses by use of computed tomography

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 5317-5325

  Suhara, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a RICOH COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY; LENSES; PLASTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036707479     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.005317     Document Type: Article

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