Simultaneous identification of the low-field induced tiny variation of complex refractive index for anisotropic and opaque magnetic-fluid thin film by a stable heterodyne mach-zehnder interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 5604-5611

  Hong, Chin Yih ^a   Chieh, Jen Jie ^b   Yang, Shieh Yueh ^b   Yang, Hong Chang ^c   Horng, Herng Er ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MAGNETISM; THIN FILMS;

A-STABLE; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; IMAGINARY PARTS; LOW FIELD; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; NORMAL INCIDENCE; SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETISM; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350326128     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.005604     Document Type: Article

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