Absorption coefficient of nearly transparent liquids measured using thermal lens spectrometry

Condensed Matter Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 385-389

  Cabrera, H ^a,b   Marcano, A ^a   Castellanos, Y ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Instituto Superior de Tecnologías   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; Thermal diffusivity; Thermal lens; Transparent liquids

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745908836     PISSN: 1607324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5488/CMP.9.2.385     Document Type: Article

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