Refractive index and dispersion variation in precision optical glass molding by computed tomography

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3588-3595

  Zhao, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Yang ^b   Shen, Lianguan ^a   Yi, Allen Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION MOLDING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COOLING; DISPERSION (WAVES); INFORMATION FILTERING; LENSES; MANUFACTURE; MOLDING; OPTICAL GLASS;

DISPERSION VARIATION; FILTERED BACKPROJECTION ALGORITHM; HEATING AND COOLING; MANUFACTURING METHODS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX VARIATIONS; SOAKING TEMPERATURE;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 67749135486     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.003588     Document Type: Article

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