Quantitative phase and refractive index analysis of optical fibers using differential interference contrast microscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 5182-5189

  Kouskousis, Betty ^a   Kitcher, Daniel J ^a   Collins, Stephen ^a   Roberts, Ann ^b   Baxter, Greg W ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROCESSING;

DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; INDEX INFORMATION; INVERSE ABEL TRANSFORMS; REFRACTED NEAR FIELDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX DATA; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES; WEAK PHASE OBJECT;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 60749131950     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.005182     Document Type: Article

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