Measurement of small differences in refractive indices of solutions with interferometric optical method

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1071-1076

  Chen, Kun Huang ^a   Yang, Song Lin ^a   Chang, Kai Cheng ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Interferometry; Phase measurement; Refractive index difference; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHASE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

FRESNEL'S EQUATIONS; MEASUREMENT SENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX DIFFERENCES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 34548251344     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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