Polarization selective spectroscopy experiments: Methodology and pitfalls

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2009-2017

  Tan, Howe Siang ^a,b   Piletic, Ivan R ^a   Fayer, M D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONOCHROMATORS;

JONES MATRIX CALCULUS; OPTICAL ARRANGEMENTS; POLARIZATION SELECTIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 25444476092     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002009     Document Type: Article

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