Localized measurement of the optical thickness of a transparent window: Application to the study of the photosensitivity of organic polymers

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 6099-6105

  Lumeau, Julien ^a,b   Lequime, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSPARENCY;

HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPINGS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; TRANSPARENT WINDOW;

WINDOWS;

EID: 33749828565     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.006099     Document Type: Article

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