Nondestructive measurement of an optical fiber refractive-index profile by a transmitted-light differential interference contact microscope

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1485-1492

  Liu, Zhongyao ^a   Dong, Xiaoman ^a   Chen, Qianghua ^a   Yin, Chunyong ^a   Xu, Yuxian ^a   Zheng, Yingjun ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL FILTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST; GRADED INDEX FIBER; NONDESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 1542306769     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.001485     Document Type: Article

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