Measurement of dye diffusion in agar gel by use of low-coherence interferometry

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1215-1217

  Støren, Trude ^a   Simonsen, Annette ^a   Løkberg, Ole J ^a   Lindmo, Tore ^a   Svaasand, Lars O ^a   Røyset, Arne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COHERENT LIGHT; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; GELS; INTERFEROMETRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SPECKLE;

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

EID: 0041808914     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.001215     Document Type: Article

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