Twin-rainbow metrology. I. Measurement of the thickness of a thin liquid film draining under gravity

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 6584-6594

  Adler, Charles L ^a   Lock, James A ^b   Rafferty, Ian P ^a   Hickok, Wayne ^a  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY;

CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; FLUID FILM; THIN LIQUID FILM; TWIN RAINBOW METROLOGY;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 1842843859     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.006584     Document Type: Article

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