Simple wide-range method for angle measurement with a point fiber-optic output

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 376-379

  Ilev, Ilko ^a,b   Kumagai, Hiroshi ^a   Toyoda, Koichi ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b Technical University of Sofia   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5644294675     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000376     Document Type: Article

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