Enhancement of laser radiation coupled into turbid media by using a unidirectional mirror

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1223-1230

  Matousek, Pavel ^a  

^a Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LASER RADIATION; MIRRORS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LASER INTENSITIES; MULTILAYER DIELECTRICS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PHARMACEUTICAL TABLETS; POWDER MATERIAL; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 51849147104     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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