A novel method to measure refractive index of liquid and curable liquid substances

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1137-1139

  Huang, Lidu ^a   Glebov, Alexei L ^a   Aoki, Shigenori ^a   Yokouchi, Kishio ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Index matching fluid (IMF); Microlens; Optical sensor; Refractive index (RI); Refractometer

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INDEX-MATCHING FLUID; MICROLENS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 1942436751     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824976     Document Type: Article

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