An improved method for angular-resolved characterization of the optical anisotropy of pyrolytic carbon

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-327

  Reznik, B ^a   Gerthsen, D ^a   Bortchagovsky, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Carbon carbon composites; Image processing; Polarized light microscopy; Pyrolytic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; DATA HANDLING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE;

CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; IMAGES PROCESSING; MEASUREMENTS OF; PHOTOMETRIC IMAGES; POLARIZED-LIGHT MICROSCOPY; PYROLYTIC CARBON;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBER; PYROLYTIC CARBON;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33845723622     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2006.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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