Measurement of refractive index of isotropic particles by incorporating a multifunction spectrophotometer and immersion liquid method

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 5404-5407

  Niskanen, Ilpo ^a   Räty, Jukka ^a   Peiponen, Kai Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; REFLECTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

IMMERSION LIQUID METHOD; REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 35448958807     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.005404     Document Type: Article

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