Measurement of Numerical Aperture of Graded-index Plastic Optical Fiber by Using a Variable Aperture |
Kim, Dae-Kyu
(Department of Physics, Yonsei University)
Kim, Bo-Ram (Department of Physics, Yonsei University) Lee, Byoung-Hwak (Department of Physics and Chemistry, Korea Military Academy) Park, Seung-Han (Department of Physics, Yonsei University) |
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