Refractive index profiling of optical fibers using differential interference contrast microscopy

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2149-2151

  Dragomir, Nicoleta M ^a   Ampem Lassen, Eric ^a   Huntington, Shane T ^a   Baxter, Greg W ^b   Roberts, Ann ^a   Farrell, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Optical fiber measurements

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; DIFFRACTION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION LIMITED SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INVERSE ABEL TRANSFORM; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT; POLARIZED OPTICAL WAVEFIELDS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 26844479575     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.854419     Document Type: Article

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