Application of Fresnel diffraction to nondestructive measurement of the refractive index of optical fibers

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Sabatyan, A ^a   Tavassoly, M T ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fresnel diffraction; Metrology; Optical fiber; Phase object

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FRESNEL DIFFRACTION; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; PHASE OBJECT;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 37549031252     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2819745     Document Type: Article

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