Thermal lens and interferometric method for glass transition and thermo physical properties measurements in Nd2O3 doped sodium zincborate glass

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 21248-21255

  Astrath, N G C ^a   Steimacher, A ^a   Rohling, J H ^a   Medina, A N ^a   Bento, A C ^a   Baesso, M L ^a   Jacinto, C ^b   Catunda, T ^c   Lima, S M ^d   Karthikeyan, B ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SODIUM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS; INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; THERMAL COEFFICIENTS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 58149133930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.021248     Document Type: Article

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