Needle-based reflection refractometry of scattering samples using coherence-gated detection

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 4787-4794

  Zysk, Adam M ^a   Marks, Daniel L ^a   Liu, Dianna Y ^c   Boppart, Stephen A ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Ge Vingmed Ultrasound AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETERS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

COHERENCE-GATED DETECTION; FRESNEL REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; INTRALIPID SCATTERING;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 34247242745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004787     Document Type: Article

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