Delay and dispersion characteristics of a frequency-domain optical delay line for scanning interferometry

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 333-341

  Zvyagin, Andrei V ^a   Smith, Elwyn D J ^a   Sampson, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MIRRORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL DELAY LINES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

ARTICLE; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

INTERFEROMETRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS;

EID: 0037315654     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000333     Document Type: Article

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