Characterisation of olefin copolymers using terahertz spectroscopy

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 1477-1479

  Sengupta, A ^a,c   Bandyopadhyay, A ^a   Bowden, B F ^b   Harrington, J A ^b   Federici, J F ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; OLEFINS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PICARIN; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33845484250     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20063148     Document Type: Article

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