Thermo-optic coefficient of barium gallogermanate glass

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 7889-7891

  Bayya, Shyam S ^a   Chin, Geoffrey D ^a   Sanghera, Jasbinder S ^a   Aggarwal, Ishwar D ^a   Detrio, John A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

OPTICAL PATH DISTORTION; THERMO-OPTIC COEFFICIENT;

GLASS;

EID: 38849207702     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.007889     Document Type: Article

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