An advance in the technique of using the Jamin interferometer for the determination of the dispersion of gases has been effected by making a systematic allowance for fringe-drift by means of ...

THE dynamical theory of dispersion, as originally given by Sellmeier, 2 consisted in finding the velocity of light as affected by vibratory molecules embedded in ether, such as those which had been ...

A singlemode optical fiber designed to reduce chromatic dispersion. The fiber core is fabricated in several layers with different refractive indices running in parallel throughout its length.

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