Measurement of the dispersion of air and of refractive index anomalies by wavelength-dependent nonlinear interferometry

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13881-13888

  Macovez, Roberto ^a   Mariano, Marina ^a   Di Finizio, Sergio ^a   Martorell, Jordi ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABSORBING MEDIA; ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; LIGHT DISPERSION; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; REFRACTIVE INDEX VARIATIONS; SECOND HARMONICS; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL REGION;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REFRACTOMETRY;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERFEROMETRY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 68449102597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013881     Document Type: Article

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