REFRACTIVE-INDEX-PROFILE DETERMINATIONS BY USING LLYOD MIRAGE

Authors
ALLMAN BE KLEIN AG NUGENT KA OPAT GI
Citation
Be. Allman et al., REFRACTIVE-INDEX-PROFILE DETERMINATIONS BY USING LLYOD MIRAGE, Applied optics, 33(10), 1994, pp. 1806-1811
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
33
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1806 - 1811
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1994)33:10<1806:RDBULM>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A method is presented for the experimental determination of refractive -index profiles for planar media of monotonically decreasing refractiv e index, such as those used for optical waveguides. The technique is b ased on a generalization of the classical experiment of Lloyd's mirror , involving the interference pattern formed by a point source and its mirage, i.e., its reflection in such a graded planar medium.